CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2013-4391

HIGHEPSS 92th pctl
7.5
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Integer overflow in the valid_user_field function in journal/journald-native.c in systemd allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large journal data field, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

How to fix

Remediation Available
systemdDebian
Fixed in:204-5CVE-2013-4391
Fixed in:204-5CVE-2013-4391
Fixed in:204-5CVE-2013-4391
Fixed in:204-5CVE-2013-4391

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

5.34%probability of exploitation in 30 days
92ndpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 92% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-190 (Integer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2020-16040Medium6.5100%-Fix
CVE-2019-11477High7.599%-Fix
CVE-2023-44443High7.894%-Fix
CVE-2014-0569High9.390%--
CVE-2017-3599High7.590%-Fix
CVE-2023-21716Critical9.882%-Fix
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