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ubuntu-cve-2013-4788

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2013-10-04 17:55

Modified

2025-07-16 04:50

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4788	REPORT
	http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2013-4788.html	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4788	REPORT

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        "availability": "No subscription required",
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  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:20Z",
  "published": "2013-10-04T17:55:00Z",
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2013-4788"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:56Z"
}

CVE-2013-4788 (GCVE-0-2013-4788)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-10-04 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:52

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

7 references

URL	Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/23	mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/15/9	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61183	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2013-4788.html	x_refsource_MISC

Date Public

2013-03-01 00:00

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ubuntu-cve-2013-4788

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2013-4788 (GCVE-0-2013-4788)

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