gnutls: out of bounds read in _gnutls_ciphertext2compressed (GNUTLS-SA-2013-2)
Published Jul 3, 2013
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.76%
Description
The _gnutls_ciphertext2compressed function in lib/gnutls_cipher.c in GnuTLS 2.12.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and crash) via a crafted padding length. NOTE: this might be due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-0169.
Affected products
No data.
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RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6
rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.4-20130709.0.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1076
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
gnutls-0:1.4.1-10.el5_9.2
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0883
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
gnutls-0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.2
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0883
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
mingw32-gnutls
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6 | rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.4-20130709.0.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1076 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | gnutls-0:1.4.1-10.el5_9.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0883 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | gnutls-0:2.8.5-10.el6_4.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0883 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | mingw32-gnutls | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.76% (0.03761) | 89.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.76% (0.03761) | 88.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.99% (0.08988) | 91.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 12.53% (0.12530) | 89.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 8.99% (0.08988) | 91.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 84.03% (0.84030) | 98.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 27, 2024 | 84.03% (0.84030) | 98.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 86.16% (0.86158) | 98.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 30, 2023 | 89.86% (0.89858) | 98.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 91.50% (0.91501) | 98.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00019.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0883.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53911 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57260 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57274 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/6753 x_refsource_MISC
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/6754 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2697 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2013-2 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:171 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028603 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1843-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2116 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=966754 Issue Tracking
- https://gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/5164d5a1d57cd0372a5dd074382ca960ca18b27d x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2116
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2116
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