THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2013-4357
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2013-4357

Eglibc vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
The eglibc package before 2.14 incorrectly handled the getaddrinfo() function. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service.
Affected vendor
Eglibc
Affected product
Eglibc
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow
Published
2019-12-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-4357

  • Confirm whether Eglibc Eglibc is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-4357.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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