Integer overflow in Systemd Project
CVE-2013-4391
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.
Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.054 (92.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.054 · newest: 0.054 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Systemd Project
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/ (Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)