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CVE-2013-1914

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1914 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function of GNU C Library (glibc) versions 2.17 and earlier. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by providing a hostname or IP address that generates an excessive number of domain conversion results. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this issue has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, but its impact is limited to availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0411 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: glibc-0:2.5-107.el5_9.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: glibc-0:2.12-1.132.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-1914Low

glibc: Stack (frame) overflow in getaddrinfo() when processing entry mapping to long list of address structures

Apr 3, 2013

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0769.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1605.html
bugzilla.novell.com / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0
secunia.com / advisories/52817
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/55113
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
sourceware.org / git
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201503-04
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/8
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/04/05/1
securityfocus.com / bid/58839
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1991-1
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html