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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
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