CVE-2013-1428

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the receive_tcppacket function in net_packet.c in tinc before 1.0.21 and 1.1 before 1.1pre7 allows remote authenticated peers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large TCP packet.

Published: 2013-04-26 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-1428 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 65.52%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-1428

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
35441 exploit_db edb 2014-12-02 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1428

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 2025-03-30 72.95% 65.52% -7.44%
2 2025-03-29 65.52% 72.95% +7.44%
3 2025-03-17 — 65.52% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1428

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-1428

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1428

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-1428 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (tinc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1428
ubuntu low CVE-2013-1428 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (tinc), 15 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 7, ignored 6, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1428

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1428

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tinc-vpn tinc <= 1.0.20 cpe:2.3:a:tinc-vpn:tinc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tinc-vpn tinc <= 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:tinc-vpn:tinc:*:pre6:*:*:*:*:*:*
tinc-vpn tinc 1.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:tinc-vpn:tinc:1.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tinc-vpn tinc 1.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:tinc-vpn:tinc:1.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tinc-vpn tinc 1.0.19 cpe:2.3:a:tinc-vpn:tinc:1.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tinc-vpn tinc 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:tinc-vpn:tinc:1.1:pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*
tinc-vpn tinc 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:tinc-vpn:tinc:1.1:pre4:*:*:*:*:*:*
tinc-vpn tinc 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:tinc-vpn:tinc:1.1:pre5:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1428

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