CVE-2013-0222 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the GNU coreutils uniq command, specifically within the alloca function, triggered by a long string. This vulnerability, affecting SUSE and Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions, can lead to a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash). With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it requires local access and has a low impact, primarily causing system unavailability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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CVE-2013-0222
Sep 8, 2020The SUSE coreutils-i18n.patch for GNU coreutils allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a long string to the uniq command which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow in the alloca function.
Nov 2, 2013coreutils: segfault in uniq with long line input
Dec 31, 2012