What is the severity of CVE-2013-0242?

CVE-2013-0242 has a high severity rating as it can lead to denial of service through memory corruption and application crashes.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0242?

To fix CVE-2013-0242, update GLIBC to a version later than 2.17 that has addressed this vulnerability.

What systems are affected by CVE-2013-0242?

CVE-2013-0242 primarily affects GNU C Library versions 2.17 and earlier.

What is the impact of CVE-2013-0242?

The impact of CVE-2013-0242 includes potential denial of service due to application crashes when processing crafted multibyte characters.

Can CVE-2013-0242 be exploited remotely?

Yes, CVE-2013-0242 can be exploited remotely through crafted input by attackers, allowing for denial of service.

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CVE-2013-0242

medium

CWE

119

8/2/2013

6/8/2024

CVE-2013-0242: Buffer Overflow

First published: Fri Feb 08 2013(Updated: )

Buffer overflow in the extend_buffers function in the regular expression matcher (posix/regexec.c) in glibc, possibly 2.17 and earlier, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via crafted multibyte characters.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
GNU C Library	=2.17

Remedy

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15078

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-0242?
CVE-2013-0242 has a high severity rating as it can lead to denial of service through memory corruption and application crashes.
How do I fix CVE-2013-0242?
To fix CVE-2013-0242, update GLIBC to a version later than 2.17 that has addressed this vulnerability.
What systems are affected by CVE-2013-0242?
CVE-2013-0242 primarily affects GNU C Library versions 2.17 and earlier.
What is the impact of CVE-2013-0242?
The impact of CVE-2013-0242 includes potential denial of service due to application crashes when processing crafted multibyte characters.
Can CVE-2013-0242 be exploited remotely?
Yes, CVE-2013-0242 can be exploited remotely through crafted input by attackers, allowing for denial of service.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-0242?
CVE-2013-0242 has a high severity rating as it can lead to denial of service through memory corruption and application crashes.
How do I fix CVE-2013-0242?
To fix CVE-2013-0242, update GLIBC to a version later than 2.17 that has addressed this vulnerability.
What systems are affected by CVE-2013-0242?
CVE-2013-0242 primarily affects GNU C Library versions 2.17 and earlier.
What is the impact of CVE-2013-0242?
The impact of CVE-2013-0242 includes potential denial of service due to application crashes when processing crafted multibyte characters.
Can CVE-2013-0242 be exploited remotely?
Yes, CVE-2013-0242 can be exploited remotely through crafted input by attackers, allowing for denial of service.