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CVE-2013-7424
The getaddrinfo function in glibc before 2.15, when compiled with libidn and the AI_IDN flag is used, allows context-dependent attackers…
Medium5.1EPSS 2.7%
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- mitre
Description
The getaddrinfo function in glibc before 2.15, when compiled with libidn and the AI_IDN flag is used, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by an internationalized domain name to ping6.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% 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 5.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186614 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150129 Re: GHOST gethostbyname() heap overflow in glibc (CVE-2015-0235) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2e96f1c7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1627 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981942 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18011 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 72710 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
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