CVE-2013-4237
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-4237 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2013-10-09 22:55:02 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | sysdeps/posix/readdir_r.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.18 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) NTFS or (2) CIFS image. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1.1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1.9 | 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 | 2.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- glibc: Buffer overwrite when using readdir_r on file systems returning file names longer than NAME_MAX characters | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | Patch |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| GNU glibc CVE-2013-4237 Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| 995839 – (CVE-2013-4237) CVE-2013-4237 glibc: Buffer overwrite when using readdir_r on file systems returning file names longer than NAME_MAX characters | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | Patch |
| Gentoo Security | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commitdiff | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sourceware.org | |
| USN-1991-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| 14699 – (CVE-2013-4237) readdir_r: does not enforce NAME_MAX limit (CVE-2013-4237) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sourceware.org | Patch |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:283 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commitdiff | MITRE | sourceware.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| access.redhat.com | CVE-2013-4237 | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| 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.