ID:11449 - Exploit for Input validation error in Glibc - CVE-2013-4788

 
Main Vulnerability Database Exploits ID:11449 - Exploit for Input validation error in Glibc - CVE-2013-4788

ID:11449 - Exploit for Input validation error in Glibc - CVE-2013-4788

Published: June 3, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU110118
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4788
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Glibc

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

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. Additional information that was taken into consideration while scoring: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=985625


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.