CVE-2013-1439

Exp

The "faster LJPEG decoder" in libraw 0.13.x, 0.14.x, and 0.15.x before 0.15.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted photo file.

Published: 2013-09-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-1439 is rated Exploit Available (59.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.79%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.32% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: 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-2013-1439

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1439

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 0.48% 1.79% +1.32%
2 2025-07-13 0.34% 0.48% +0.14%
3 2025-03-30 0.34%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1439

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-2013-1439

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1439

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-1439 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 3 source packages (darktable, libkdcraw, libraw), 13 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 13. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1439
gentoo normal CVE-2013-1439: 1 GLSA(s) (201309-09), 2 atom(s) (kde-base/libkdcraw, media-libs/libraw); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-1439
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1439
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-1439 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (darktable, libkdcraw, libraw), 51 status rows across 17 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 17, released 16, DNE 9, not-affected 7, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1439

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1439

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libraw libraw 0.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.13.2 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.13.3 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.13.4 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.13.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.13.5 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.13.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.13.6 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.13.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.13.7 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.13.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.13.8 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.13.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.14.0 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.14.1 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.14.2 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.14.3 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.14.4 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.14.5 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.14.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.14.6 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.14.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.14.7 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.14.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.15.0 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.15.2 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libraw libraw 0.15.3 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:0.15.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1439

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