CVE-2013-4788 (GCVE-0-2013-4788)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-10-04 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:52
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Summary
The PTR_MANGLE implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.4, 2.17, and earlier, and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) does not initialize the random value for the pointer guard, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to control execution flow by leveraging a buffer-overflow vulnerability in an application and using the known zero value pointer guard to calculate a pointer address.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/23 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/15/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61183 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2013-4788.html x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2013-03-01 00:00
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