CVE-2013-0176

The publickey_from_privatekey function in libssh before 0.5.4, when no algorithm is matched during negotiations, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a "Client: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Init" packet.

Published: 2013-02-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-0176 is rated Moderate Risk (49.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.05%). EPSS rose +2.03% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-0176

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.02% 3.05% +2.03%
2 2025-07-07 1.14% 1.02% -0.12%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.14% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-0176

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-0176

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-0176

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2013-0176 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libssh), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0176
suse medium CVE-2013-0176 severity moderate: SUSE including 37 source package names (libssh, libssh-config-0.10.6-1.12, …), 79 product×package rows across 29 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (29 product lines)): Fixed 52, Known Not Affected 27. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0176/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-0176 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libssh), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): released 5, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0176

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-0176

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libssh libssh <= 0.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libssh libssh 0.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libssh libssh 0.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libssh libssh 0.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libssh libssh 0.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
libssh libssh 0.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libssh libssh 0.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-0176

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