CVE-2013-4391
N/A
Published: October 28, 2013 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:57 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxSystemd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
Integer overflow in the valid_user_field function in journal/journald-native.c in systemd allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large journal data field, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 190
Affected range stops below 190, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=505b6a61c22d5565e9308045c7b9bf79f7d0517eVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859051Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190
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