CVE-2013-4132

KDE-Workspace 4.10.5 and earlier does not properly handle the return value of the glibc 2.17 crypt and pw_encrypt functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via (1) an invalid salt or a (2) DES or (3) MD5 encrypted password, when FIPS-140 is enable, to KDM or an (4) invalid password to KCheckPass.

Published: 2013-09-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-4132 is rated Moderate Risk (50.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.41%). EPSS rose +1.58% 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-2013-4132

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 0.83% 2.41% +1.58%
2 2025-03-30 1.17% 0.83% -0.34%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.17% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4132

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-2013-4132

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4132

vendor priority summary link
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4132
ubuntu low CVE-2013-4132 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kde-workspace), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4132

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4132

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kde kde-workspace <= 4.10.5 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde-workspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc <= 4.10.5 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4132

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