DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4788

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4788
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4788.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4788
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2013-10-04T17:55:09Z
Modified
2026-09-16T06:47:29Z
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.17-94

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4788.json"

Debian:13 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.17-94

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4788.json"

Debian:14 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.17-94

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4788.json"