CVE-2013-4123

Exp

client_side_request.cc in Squid 3.2.x before 3.2.13 and 3.3.x before 3.3.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted port number in a HTTP Host header.

Published: 2013-09-16 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-4123 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 68.92%, 99th 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-2013-4123

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26886 exploit_db edb 2013-07-16 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4123

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 2026-05-13 69.94% 68.92% -1.02%
2 2026-03-20 74.31% 69.94% -4.38%
3 2026-01-05 74.31%

Full EPSS history (31 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4123

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4123

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4123

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2013-4123 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (squid), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4123
gentoo normal CVE-2013-4123: 1 GLSA(s) (201309-22), 1 atom(s) (net-proxy/squid); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-4123
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4123
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-4123 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (squid3), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): not-affected 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4123

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4123

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
squid-cache squid 3.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.19 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.11 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.12 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4123

cvelogic Threat Intelligence