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CVE-2013-4332
Multiple integer overflows in malloc/malloc.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.18 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.6%
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- redhat
Description
Multiple 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (13)
- RHSA-2013:1605 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4332 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 55113 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1991-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130912 Re: CVE Request: Three integer overflows in glibc memory allocator (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:284 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 62324 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201503-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1411 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:283 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15857 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15856 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15855 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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