VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2013-1914
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability4.11%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-04-29
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a (1) hostname or (2) IP address that triggers a large number of domain conversion results.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer