CVE-2013-4391
highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.054 · 93 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7.5
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affected products (3)
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also known as (3)
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references (18)
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- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357cnnvd
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=505b6a61c22d5565e9308045c7b9bf79f7d0517ecnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859051cnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34cnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777cnnvd
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357enisa_euvd
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=505b6a61c22d5565e9308045c7b9bf79f7d0517eenisa_euvd
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