CVE-2013-1872

The Intel drivers in Mesa 8.0.x and 9.0.x allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (reachable assertion and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving 3d graphics that trigger an out-of-bounds array access, related to the fs_visitor::remove_dead_constants function. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2013-0796.

Published: 2013-08-19 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-1872 is rated Moderate Risk (57.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.61%). EPSS rose +1.47% 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-2013-1872

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 1.13% 2.61% +1.47%
2 2025-06-03 1.29% 1.13% -0.16%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.29% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1872

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-1872

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1872

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-1872 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mesa), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1872
gentoo normal CVE-2013-1872: 1 GLSA(s) (201404-06), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/mesa); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-1872
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1872
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-1872 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mesa), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): released 3, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1872

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1872

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mesa3d mesa 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mesa3d mesa 9.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mesa3d mesa 9.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:9.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mesa3d mesa 9.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:9.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 13.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mesa3d mesa 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mesa3d mesa 8.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mesa3d mesa 8.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mesa3d mesa 8.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mesa3d mesa 8.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mesa3d mesa 8.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:8.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1872

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