CVE-2013-4332

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4332
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-10-09 22:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
15855 – (CVE-2013-4332) pvalloc integer overflow can corrupt allocator state (CVE-2013-4332) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org Exploit
1007545 – (CVE-2013-4332) CVE-2013-4332 glibc: three integer overflows in memory allocator af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.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
15856 – valloc integer overflow can corrupt allocator state (CVE-2013-4332) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
USN-1991-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:284 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Three integer overflows in glibc memory allocator af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
15857 – posix_memalign / memalign integer overflow can corrupt allocator state (CVE-2013-4332) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org Exploit
GNU glibc Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:283 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2013-4332 MITRE access.redhat.com
1007545 – (CVE-2013-4332) CVE-2013-4332 glibc: three integer overflows in memory allocator MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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