CVE catalog

CVE-2013-0221

coreutils: CVE-2013-0221

Severity: Low
Published: Jan 15, 2013, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 7.24% · Oct 25, 2026

The SUSE coreutils-i18n.patch for GNU coreutils allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a long string to the sort command, when using the (1) -d or (2) -M switch, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow in the alloca function.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	coreutils	sid	`9.10-1`	not affected
Debian	coreutils	forky	`9.10-1`	not affected
Debian	coreutils	trixie	`9.7-3`	not affected
Debian	coreutils	bookworm	`9.1-1`	not affected
Opensuse	coreutils	tumbleweed	`8.26-1.1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	coreutils	source	sid	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	coreutils	source	forky	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	coreutils	source	trixie	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	coreutils	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Opensuse	coreutils	rpm	tumbleweed	`8.26-1.1`	Not reported	OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10390-1	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

[coreutils-doc]Unknown
Source package: [coreutils]
Details (1)
- 9.11-4.3 · noarch · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 8.26-1.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · coreutils · opensuse · tumbleweed
[coreutils-lang]Unknown
Source package: [coreutils]
Details (1)
- 9.11-4.3 · noarch · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 8.26-1.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · coreutils · opensuse · tumbleweed
[coreutils]Fixed
Source package: [coreutils]
Details (1)
- 9.11-4.3 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Fixed · Fixed: 8.26-1.1
  dsa · coreutils · opensuse · tumbleweed

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[coreutils]Not affected
Details (2)
- 9.1-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · coreutils · debian · bookworm
- 9.1-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · coreutils · debian · bookworm

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:07:08 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]