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CVE-2013-0242 Not scored

CVE-2013-0242

Buffer overflow in the extend_buffers function in the regular expression matcher (posix/regexec.c) in glibc, possibly 2.17 and earlier, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via crafted multibyte characters.

Exploit probability 2.9%
Published February 8, 2013
Required by Not available
Last source change April 10, 2026

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Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-0242

Buffer overflow in the extend_buffers function in the regular expression matcher (posix/regexec.c) in glibc, possibly 2.17 and earlier, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via crafted multibyte characters.

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