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CVE-2013-0222 json

The SUSE coreutils-i18n.patch for GNU coreutils allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and cra…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-0256

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The SUSE coreutils-i18n.patch for GNU coreutils allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a long string to the uniq command, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow in the alloca function.

Patch / fix

  • coreutils RHEL 6 8.4-31.el6
  • coreutils-libs RHEL 6 8.4-31.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1652

  • coreutils openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.26-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10390-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-0222 updated cvss 2.1

coreutils: segfault in uniq with long line input

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 coreutils
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) coreutils 8.4-31.el6, coreutils-libs 8.4-31.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) coreutils 8.4-31.el6, coreutils-libs 8.4-31.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) coreutils 8.4-31.el6, coreutils-libs 8.4-31.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) coreutils 8.4-31.el6, coreutils-libs 8.4-31.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1652

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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