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CVE-2013-4113

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4113 is a heap memory corruption vulnerability in PHP versions prior to 5.3.27, specifically within the ext/xml/xml.c component. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts by providing a specially crafted XML document to the xml_parse_into_struct function. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.4.0, < 5.4.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0519 is in the 90th 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 (10)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extended Lifecycle SupportFixed in: php-0:4.3.2-56.ent
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extended Lifecycle SupportFixed in: php-0:4.3.9-3.37.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-40.el5_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53-0:5.3.3-13.el5_9.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Long LifeFixed in: php-0:5.1.6-23.4.el5_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 EUS - Server OnlyFixed in: php-0:5.1.6-27.el5_6.5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 EUS - Server OnlyFixed in: php53-0:5.3.3-1.el5_6.3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php-0:5.3.3-23.el6_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 EUS - Server and Compute Node OnlyFixed in: php-0:5.3.3-3.el6_2.10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 EUS - Server and Compute Node OnlyFixed in: php-0:5.3.3-14.el6_3.1
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-4113Critical

php: xml_parse_into_struct buffer overflow when parsing deeply nested XML

Jul 11, 2013

References

git.php.net
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00034.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00006.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00007.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
php.net / archive/2013.php
Vendor Advisory
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1049.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1050.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1061.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1062.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1063.html
Third Party Advisory
bugs.php.net / bug.php
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
secunia.com / advisories/54071
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/54104
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/54163
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/54165
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT6150
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2723
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1905-1
Third Party Advisory