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CVE-2013-1424

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1424 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in matplotlib, specifically affecting versions prior to upstream commit ba4016014cb4fb4927e36ce8ea429fed47dcb787, including debian matplotlib. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.6) has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, potentially leading to limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.99.3-1, < 1.4.2-3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:debian:matplotlib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.6MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 3rd percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-1424Moderate

matplotlib: Matplotlib buffer overflow

Jun 26, 2025

References

bugs.debian.org / 775691
Issue TrackingMailing List
github.com / matplotlib/matplotlib/commit/ba4016014cb4fb4927e36ce8ea429fed47dcb787
Patch