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CVE-2013-2132

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2132 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the mongo-python-driver (pymongo) before version 2.5.2, used in MongoDB and various Linux distributions. It allows attackers to crash the system via a NULL pointer dereference when decoding an invalid DBRef. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0263 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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

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 (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pymongoFixed in: 2.5.2
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: mongodb-0:1.6.4-6.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: pymongo-0:1.9-11.el6
View patch
ubuntuvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-x33v-f3gp-gw2cmedium

Use of NullPointerException Catch to Detect NULL Pointer Dereference in Pymongo

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2013-2132Moderate

pymongo: null pointer when decoding invalid DBRef

May 31, 2013

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00180.html
seclists.org / oss-sec/2013/q2/447
github.com / mongodb/mongo-python-driver/commit/a060c15ef87e0f0e72974c7c0e57fe811bbd06a2
ExploitPatch
jira.mongodb.org / browse/PYTHON-532
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-1897-1
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2705
osvdb.org / 93804
securityfocus.com / bid/60252