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CVE-2013-4132
KDE-Workspace 4.10.5 and earlier does not properly handle the return value of the glibc 2.17 crypt and pw_encrypt functions, which allows…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.4%
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- redhat
Description
KDE-Workspace 4.10.5 and earlier does not properly handle the return value of the glibc 2.17 crypt and pw_encrypt functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via (1) an invalid salt or a (2) DES or (3) MD5 encrypted password, when FIPS-140 is enable, to KDM or an (4) invalid password to KCheckPass.
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)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (5 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 (5)
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1291 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130716 Re: CVE Request -- kde-workspace 4.10.5 fixing two security flaws (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1253 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130716 Re: CVE Request -- kde-workspace 4.10.5 fixing two security flaws (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/111261/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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