6.8

CVE-2013-5914: polarssl

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2013-5914
Published 26-10-2013Last modified 16-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-5914 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in polarssl. EPSS estimates a 3.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.00%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-2782-1

Timeline

  1. 26-10-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the ssl_read_record function in ssl_tls.c in PolarSSL before 1.1.8, when using TLS 1.1, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long packet.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.00%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.00% on 05-10-2026

05-10-202604-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Polarssl1 product
  • polarssl≤ 1.1.7 | 1.0.0 | 1.1.0 | 1.1.0:rc0 | 1.1.0:rc1 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.6
Ubuntu1 product
  • polarssl< 1.2.8-2

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links