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CVE-2013-2174

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2174 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the curl_easy_unescape function within cURL and libcurl versions 7.7 through 7.30.0, impacting products from vendors like Canonical, Haxx, openSUSE, and Red Hat. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity risk where remote attackers can cause denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code with moderate attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted or discussed vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
11.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1112 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
jitsipatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 7.30.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: curl-0:7.15.5-17.el5_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: curl-0:7.19.7-37.el6_4
View patch
sierra_wirelesspatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 7.30.0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (3)

redhatCVE-2013-2174Moderate

curl: Loop counter error, leading to heap-based buffer overflow when decoding certain URLs

Jun 22, 2013
sierra_wirelessllm-sierra_wireless-12557a836743101fHIGH

URL decode buffer boundary flaw

Jun 22, 2013
jitsillm-jitsi-211e89db3e6ff5e1HIGH

URL decode buffer boundary flaw

Jun 22, 2013

References

curl.haxx.se / docs/adv_20130622.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00013.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0983.html
github.com / bagder/curl/commit/192c4f788d48f82c03e9cef40013f34370e90737
ExploitPatch
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2713
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
securityfocus.com / bid/60737
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1894-1