CVE-2013-0243

haskell-tls-extra before 0.6.1 has Basic Constraints attribute vulnerability may lead to Man in the Middle attacks on TLS connections

Published: 2019-12-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-0243 is rated Moderate Risk (51.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.05%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-0243

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 0.37% 1.05% +0.68%
2 2025-04-15 0.31% 0.37% +0.06%
3 2025-03-30 0.31%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-0243

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.4 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.2 5.2 [email protected]
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-0243

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-0243

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-0243 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (haskell-tls-extra), 15 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 9, ignored 3, not-affected 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0243

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-0243

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
haskell hs-tls < 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:haskell:hs-tls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-0243

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