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CVE-2013-4237
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…
Medium6.8EPSS 3.8%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.8% · top 9.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- 55113 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130812 Re: CVE Request -- glibc: Buffer overwrite when using readdir_r on file systems returning file names longer than NAME_MAX characters (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-1991-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995839 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201503-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=91ce40854d0b7f865cf5024ef95a8026b76096f3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 61729 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14699 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:283 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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