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CVE-2013-7424

glibc: Invalid-free when using getaddrinfo()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.1

CVSS 2.0

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Published · January 27, 2015

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

An invalid free flaw was found in glibc's getaddrinfo() function when used with the AI_IDN flag. A remote attacker able to make an application call this function could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application. Note that this flaw only affected applications using glibc compiled with libidn support.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE not specified