CVE-2013-1914
EPSS 3.1%Published: 4/29/2013Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1914
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 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 domain conversion results.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/glibcfrom 0, < 2.17-2