CVE-2013-1914
glibc: Stack (frame) overflow in getaddrinfo() when processing entry mapping to long list of address structures
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · April 3, 2013
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
It was found that getaddrinfo() did not limit the amount of stack memory used during name resolution. An attacker able to make an application resolve an attacker-controlled hostname or IP address could possibly cause the application to exhaust all stack memory and crash.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE not specified