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CVE-2013-2236

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2236 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the OSPFD API of Quagga before version 0.99.22.2, specifically impacting configurations using --enable-opaque-lsa and the -a command-line option. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending a large LSA. With a CVSS score of 2.6 (low severity) and an attack vector of network, it requires high attack complexity and only leads to partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.99.22.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.99.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0208 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: quagga-0:0.99.15-14.el6
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: quagga

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-2236Low

Quagga: OSPFD Potential remote code exec (stack based buffer overflow)

Jul 2, 2013

References

git.savannah.gnu.org / gitweb
lists.quagga.net / pipermail/quagga-dev/2013-July/010622.html
nongnu.mirrors.hostinginnederland.nl / /quagga/quagga-0.99.22.3.changelog.txt
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html
seclists.org / oss-sec/2013/q3/24
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2803
securityfocus.com / bid/60955
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2941-1