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CVE-2013-4251

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4251 describes a vulnerability in the scipy.weave component of SciPy versions prior to 0.12.1, affecting various distributions including Debian, Fedora, and Red Hat. This flaw involves the creation of insecure temporary directories. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows a local attacker to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scipy:scipy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: scipyFixed in: 0.12.1
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: scipy

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-xp76-357g-9wqqhigh

SciPy creates insecure temporary directories

May 5, 2022
redhatCVE-2013-4251Moderate

scipy: weave /tmp and current directory issues

Oct 10, 2013

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/120696.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119759.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119771.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2013-4251
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/88052
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / scipy/scipy/commit/bd296e0336420b840fcd2faabb97084fd252a973
PatchThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2013-4251
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/63008
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry