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CVE-2013-2116
The _gnutls_ciphertext2compressed function in lib/gnutls_cipher.c in GnuTLS 2.12.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.8%
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- redhat
Description
The _gnutls_ciphertext2compressed function in lib/gnutls_cipher.c in GnuTLS 2.12.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and crash) via a crafted padding length. NOTE: this might be due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-0169.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.8% · top 10% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (15)
- 57260 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:1060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 57274 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0320 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0322 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:171 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0883 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-2697 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/6754 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2013-2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 53911 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/5164d5a1d57cd0372a5dd074382ca960ca18b27d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1843-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1028603 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/6753 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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