CVE-2013-4237
N/A
Published: October 9, 2013 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:56 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGlibc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/12/8Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14699Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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