The modern style negotiation in Network Block Device (nbd-server) 2.9.22 through 3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (root process termination) by (1) closing the connection during negotiation or (2) specifying a name for a non-existent export.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-7441 is rated Moderate Risk (62.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.64%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 2025-07-19 | 3.17% | 3.64% | +0.47% |
| 2 | 2025-07-05 | 5.97% | 3.17% | -2.81% |
| 3 | 2025-05-20 | — | 5.97% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2013-7441 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (nbd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7441 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2013-7441 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nbd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): not-affected 3, released 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7441 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| wouter_verhelst | nbd | 2.9.3 | cpe:2.3:a:wouter_verhelst:nbd:2.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wouter_verhelst | nbd | 2.9.4 | cpe:2.3:a:wouter_verhelst:nbd:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wouter_verhelst | nbd | 2.9.5 | cpe:2.3:a:wouter_verhelst:nbd:2.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wouter_verhelst | nbd | 2.9.6 | cpe:2.3:a:wouter_verhelst:nbd:2.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wouter_verhelst | nbd | 2.9.7 | cpe:2.3:a:wouter_verhelst:nbd:2.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wouter_verhelst | nbd | 2.9.8 | cpe:2.3:a:wouter_verhelst:nbd:2.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wouter_verhelst | nbd | 2.9.9 | cpe:2.3:a:wouter_verhelst:nbd:2.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wouter_verhelst | nbd | 2.9.22 | cpe:2.3:a:wouter_verhelst:nbd:2.9.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wouter_verhelst | nbd | 2.9.23 | cpe:2.3:a:wouter_verhelst:nbd:2.9.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wouter_verhelst | nbd | 2.9.24 | cpe:2.3:a:wouter_verhelst:nbd:2.9.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wouter_verhelst | nbd | 2.9.25 | cpe:2.3:a:wouter_verhelst:nbd:2.9.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wouter_verhelst | nbd | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:wouter_verhelst:nbd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wouter_verhelst | nbd | 3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:wouter_verhelst:nbd:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wouter_verhelst | nbd | 3.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:wouter_verhelst:nbd:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wouter_verhelst | nbd | 3.2 | cpe:2.3:a:wouter_verhelst:nbd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| wouter_verhelst | nbd | 3.3 | cpe:2.3:a:wouter_verhelst:nbd:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |