CVE-2013-4391

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-190

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=505b6a61c22d5565e9308045c7b9bf79f7d0517eExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859051Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=505b6a61c22d5565e9308045c7b9bf79f7d0517eExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859051Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 28, 2013
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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