CVE-2013-4988

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in IcoFX 2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long idCount value in an ICONDIR structure in an ICO file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2013-12-13 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-4988 is rated High Exploit Risk (86.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 80.55%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 8 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-2013-4988

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
49959 exploit_db edb 2021-06-07 Exploit-DB ↗
30788 exploit_db edb 2014-01-07 Exploit-DB ↗
30208 exploit_db edb 2013-12-11 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4988

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 2026-02-02 81.14% 80.55% -0.59%
2 2025-03-30 84.27% 81.14% -3.12%
3 2025-03-29 84.27%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4988

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4988

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4988

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
icofx icofx <= 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:icofx:icofx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icofx icofx 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:icofx:icofx:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icofx icofx 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:icofx:icofx:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icofx icofx 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:icofx:icofx:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icofx icofx 1.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:icofx:icofx:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icofx icofx 1.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:icofx:icofx:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icofx icofx 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:icofx:icofx:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icofx icofx 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:icofx:icofx:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icofx icofx 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:icofx:icofx:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icofx icofx 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:icofx:icofx:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icofx icofx 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:icofx:icofx:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4988

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