CVE-2013-4133

Exp

kde-workspace before 4.10.5 has a memory leak in plasma desktop

Published: 2019-12-10 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-4133 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.99%). 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-2013-4133

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4133

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 2025-04-17 4.53% 1.99% -2.54%
2 2025-03-30 5.24% 4.53% -0.71%
3 2025-03-29 5.24%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4133

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C 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:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4133

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4133

vendor priority summary link
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4133
ubuntu negligible CVE-2013-4133 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (kde-workspace, kdebase-workspace), 16 status rows across 8 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic): DNE 8, ignored 4, not-affected 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4133

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4133

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kde kde-workspace < 4.10.5 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde-workspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4133

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