CVE-2013-6888

Uscan in devscripts before 2.13.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted tarball.

Published: 2014-01-07 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-6888 is rated Moderate Risk (62.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.09%). EPSS rose +1.55% 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-2013-6888

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 2.54% 4.09% +1.55%
2 2026-02-24 2.87% 2.54% -0.33%
3 2025-03-30 — 2.87% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-6888

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-6888

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-6888

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-6888 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (devscripts), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6888
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-6888 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (devscripts), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): released 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6888

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-6888

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
devscripts_devel_team devscripts <= 2.13.8 cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
devscripts_devel_team devscripts 2.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:2.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
devscripts_devel_team devscripts 2.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:2.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
devscripts_devel_team devscripts 2.13.2 cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:2.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
devscripts_devel_team devscripts 2.13.3 cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:2.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
devscripts_devel_team devscripts 2.13.4 cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:2.13.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
devscripts_devel_team devscripts 2.13.5 cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:2.13.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
devscripts_devel_team devscripts 2.13.6 cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:2.13.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
devscripts_devel_team devscripts 2.13.7 cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:2.13.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-6888

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