CVE-2013-1950

Exp

The svc_dg_getargs function in libtirpc 0.2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (rpcbind crash) via a Sun RPC request with crafted arguments that trigger a free of an invalid pointer.

Published: 2013-07-09 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-1950 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.46%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2013-1950

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26887 exploit_db edb 2013-07-16 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1950

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 8.84% 6.46% -2.38%
2 2025-12-14 5.46% 8.84% +3.38%
3 2025-09-21 5.46%

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1950

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-2013-1950

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1950

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2013-1950 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libtirpc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1950
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1950
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-1950 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (libtirpc, ntirpc), 30 status rows across 18 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hardy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lucid, lunar, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 25, DNE 2, needs-triage 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1950

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1950

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libtirpc_project libtirpc <= 0.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:libtirpc_project:libtirpc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libtirpc_project libtirpc 0.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:libtirpc_project:libtirpc:0.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libtirpc_project libtirpc 0.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:libtirpc_project:libtirpc:0.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libtirpc_project libtirpc 0.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:libtirpc_project:libtirpc:0.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libtirpc_project libtirpc 0.1.11 cpe:2.3:a:libtirpc_project:libtirpc:0.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libtirpc_project libtirpc 0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:libtirpc_project:libtirpc:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libtirpc_project libtirpc 0.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:libtirpc_project:libtirpc:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libtirpc_project libtirpc 0.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:libtirpc_project:libtirpc:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1950

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