CVE-2013-6825

Exp

(1) movescu.cc and (2) storescp.cc in dcmnet/apps/, (3) dcmnet/libsrc/scp.cc, (4) dcmwlm/libsrc/wlmactmg.cc, (5) dcmprscp.cc and (6) dcmpsrcv.cc in dcmpstat/apps/, (7) dcmpstat/tests/msgserv.cc, and (8) dcmqrdb/apps/dcmqrscp.cc in DCMTK 3.6.1 and earlier does not check the return value of the setuid system call, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a large number of processes.

Published: 2014-06-10 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-6825 is rated Exploit Available (53.4/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.11%). 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-2013-6825

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-6825

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 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.11% +0.07%
2 2023-03-07 1.03% 0.04% -0.99%
3 2022-02-04 1.03%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-6825

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-6825

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-6825

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2013-6825 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dcmtk), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6825
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-6825 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dcmtk), 28 status rows across 28 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lucid, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 19, not-affected 5, needed 3, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6825

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-6825

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
offis dcmtk <= 3.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:offis:dcmtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
offis dcmtk 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:offis:dcmtk:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
offis dcmtk 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:offis:dcmtk:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
offis dcmtk 3.5.2a cpe:2.3:a:offis:dcmtk:3.5.2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
offis dcmtk 3.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:offis:dcmtk:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
offis dcmtk 3.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:offis:dcmtk:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
offis dcmtk 3.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:offis:dcmtk:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-6825

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