CVE-2013-1914
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-1914 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2013-04-29 22:55:01 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.10.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.11.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.11.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.11.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.12.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.12.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.14.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.3.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.3.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.3.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malformed Request | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:163 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| 947882 – (CVE-2013-1914) CVE-2013-1914 glibc: Stack (frame) overflow in getaddrinfo() when processing entry mapping to long list of address structures | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| 15330 – (CVE-2013-1914) Stack overflow in getaddrinfo with many results (CVE-2013-1914) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sourceware.org | |
| Bug 813121 – VUL-1: CVE-2013-1914: glibc: stack overflow in getaddrinfo() sorting | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.novell.com | |
| oss-security - CVE Request: glibc getaddrinfo() stack overflow | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Gentoo Security | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| Full Disclosure: SEC Consult SA-20210901-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in MOXA devices | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | |
| VMSA-2014-0008.2 | United States | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vmware.com | |
| USN-1991-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| oss-security - Re: CVE Request: glibc getaddrinfo() stack overflow | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:284 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Security Advisory SA52817 - GNU C Library "getaddrinfo()" Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commitdiff | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sourceware.org | |
| oss-security - Re: CVE Request: glibc getaddrinfo() stack overflow | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:283 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Moxa Command Injection / Cross Site Scripting / Vulnerable Software ≈ Packet Storm | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | packetstormsecurity.com | |
| sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commitdiff | MITRE | sourceware.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.