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CVE-2013-7488

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-7488 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the perl-Convert-ASN1 module (versions through 0.27) that allows remote attackers to trigger an infinite loop via unexpected input, affecting products like Fedora. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:convert\:\:asn1_project:convert\:\:asn1:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0416 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: perl-Convert-ASN1-0:0.27-18.el8
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: perl-Convert-ASN1

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-7488Moderate

perl-Convert-ASN1: allows remote attackers to cause an infinite loop via unexpected input

Oct 8, 2013

References

github.com / gbarr/perl-Convert-ASN1/issues/14
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6V3PJEQOT47ZO77263XPGS3Y3AJROI4X
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ONNQSW4SSKMG5RUEFZJZA5T5R2WXEGQF