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CVE-2013-4206

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4206 describes a heap-based buffer underflow in the modmul function of PuTTY before version 0.63, affecting both PuTTY and Simon Tatham's PuTTY. This vulnerability allows a remote SSH server to cause a denial of service, and potentially memory corruption or code execution, through a crafted DSA signature. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, leading to partial impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.45CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.46CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.47CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.48CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.48:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.49CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0248 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00035.html
secunia.com / advisories/54379
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/54533
svn.tartarus.org / sgt/putty/sshbn.c
Patch
chiark.greenend.org.uk / ~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-modmul.html
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2736
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/08/06/11