CVE-2013-0223

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-0223
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-11-23 18:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe SUSE coreutils-i18n.patch for GNU coreutils allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a long string to the join command, when using the -i switch, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow in the alloca function.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS: 0.001410000 probability, percentile 0.338340000 (date 2026-04-29)

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Request 149348 - openSUSE Build Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 build.opensuse.org Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
903466 – (CVE-2013-0223) CVE-2013-0223 coreutils: segfault in "join -i" with long line input af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 798541 – VUL-1: CVE-2013-0223: coreutils: segmentation fault in "join -i" with long line input af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2013-0223 MITRE access.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900195 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for coreutils 8.30
  • 902954 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for coreutils (2575)
  • 906167 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for coreutils (2575-1)

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