CVE-2013-3571: dest-unreach socat
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-3571 is a low (CVSS 2.6) vulnerability in dest-unreach socat. EPSS estimates a 2.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 2.6, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 08-05-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
socat 1.2.0.0 before 1.7.2.2 and 2.0.0-b1 before 2.0.0-b6, when used for a listen type address and the fork option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption) via multiple request that are refused based on the (1) sourceport, (2) lowport, (3) range, or (4) tcpwrap restrictions.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.06%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
81%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.06% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Mageia2 products
- socat< 1.7.2.2-1.mga2
- socat< 2.0.0-0.b6.1.mga3
Debian1 product
- socat< 1.7.1.3-1.5
Dest-unreach1 product
- socat1.2.0.0 | 1.3.0.0 | 1.3.0.1 | 1.3.1.0 | 1.3.2.0 | 1.3.2.1 | 1.3.2.2 | 1.4.0.0 | 1.4.0.1 | 1.4.0.2 | 1.4.0.3 | 1.4.1.0 | 1.4.2.0 | 1.4.3.0 | 1.4.3.1 | 1.5.0.0 | 1.6.0.0 | 1.6.0.1 | 1.7.0.0 | 1.7.0.1 | 1.7.1.0 | 1.7.1.1 | 1.7.1.2 | 1.7.1.3 | 1.7.2.0 | 1.7.2.1 | 2.0.0:b1 | 2.0.0:b2 | 2.0.0:b3 | 2.0.0:b4 | 2.0.0:b5
Ubuntu1 product
- socat< 1.7.2.3-1
4 vendors · 5 products
