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CVE-2013-4758: rsyslog Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
Published 04-10-2013Last modified 16-09-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-4758 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in rsyslog. EPSS estimates a 2.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.33%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10498-1

Timeline

  1. 04-10-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Double free vulnerability in the writeDataError function in the ElasticSearch plugin (omelasticsearch) in rsyslog before 7.4.2 and before 7.5.2 devel, when errorfile is set to local logging, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted JSON response.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.33% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.33%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Rsyslog1 product
  • rsyslog≤ 7.4.1 | ≤ 7.5.1 | 6.4.2 | 6.5.1 | 6.6.0 | 7.1.0 | 7.1.1 | 7.1.2 | 7.1.3 | 7.1.4 | 7.1.5 | 7.1.6 | 7.1.7 | 7.1.8 | 7.1.9 | 7.1.10 | 7.1.11 | 7.1.12 | 7.2.1 | 7.2.2 | 7.2.3 | 7.2.4 | 7.2.5 | 7.2.6 | 7.2.7 | 7.3.0 | 7.3.1 | 7.3.3 | 7.3.4 | 7.3.5 | 7.3.6 | 7.3.7 | 7.3.8 | 7.3.9 | 7.3.10 | 7.3.11 | 7.3.12 | 7.3.13 | 7.3.14 | 7.3.15 | 7.4.0 | 7.5.0:devel

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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