CVE-2013-4458

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4458
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-12-12 18:55:10 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.18 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 AF_INET6 address results. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1914.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.012010000 probability, percentile 0.790090000 (date 2026-04-30)

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

AV:N/AC:L/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
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0470-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
16072 – (CVE-2013-4458) Segmentation fault in getaddrinfo() when processing entry mapping to long list of AF_INET6 address structures af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org Exploit
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:284 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:283 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Siddhesh Poyarekar - [PATCH][BZ #16072] Fix stack overflow due to large AF_INET6 requests af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org Patch
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2013-4458 MITRE access.redhat.com
1022280 – (CVE-2013-4458) CVE-2013-4458 glibc: Stack (frame) overflow in getaddrinfo() when called with AF_INET6 MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 670286 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2021-1790)
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