CVE-2013-4393

journald in systemd, when the origin of native messages is set to file, allows local users to cause a denial of service (logging service blocking) via a crafted file descriptor.

Published: 2013-10-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-4393 is rated Low Risk (19.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4393

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 0.15% 0.39% +0.24%
2 2025-03-30 0.14% 0.15% +0.01%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.14% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4393

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4393

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4393

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-4393 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (systemd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4393
gentoo normal CVE-2013-4393: 1 GLSA(s) (201612-34), 1 atom(s) (sys-apps/systemd); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-4393
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-4393 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (systemd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): DNE 3, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4393

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4393

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
systemd_project systemd < 194 cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4393

URL Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859104 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34 Third Party Advisory
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