CVE-2013-4391
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 204-5 |
| sid | Fixed | 204-5 |
| forky | Fixed | 204-5 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 204-5 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 204-5 |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| systemd_project | systemd | {"endExcluding":"190"} | 190 |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=505b6a61c22d5565e9308045c7b9bf79f7d0517e
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859051
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4391
CWEs
CWE-190
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.