CVE-2013-4332

glibc < 2.18 - Denial of Service via Integer Overflow in malloc Functions

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Multiple integer overflows in malloc/malloc.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.18 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption) via a large value to the (1) pvalloc, (2) valloc, (3) posix_memalign, (4) memalign, or (5) aligned_alloc functions.

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1605.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
Patch mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/12/6
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62324
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1411.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283

Scores

EPSS 0.0164
EPSS Percentile 82.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (28)
gnu/glibc 2.0
gnu/glibc 2.0.1
gnu/glibc 2.0.2
gnu/glibc 2.0.3
gnu/glibc 2.0.4
gnu/glibc 2.0.5
gnu/glibc 2.0.6
gnu/glibc 2.1
gnu/glibc 2.1.1
gnu/glibc 2.1.1.6
... and 18 more
Published Oct 09, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026