5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2013-6371
JSON-c Hash Denial of Service (DoS)
Description

The hash functionality in json-c before 0.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted JSON data, involving collisions.

INFO

Published Date :

April 22, 2014, 1:06 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 25, 2023, 2:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2013-6371 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Json-c json-c
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2013-6371.

URL Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131845.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57791 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:079 Broken Link
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66715 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1032311 Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92541 VDB Entry
https://github.com/json-c/json-c/commit/64e36901a0614bf64a19bc3396469c66dcd0b015 Patch Issue Tracking

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2013-6371 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2013-6371 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 25, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92541 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92541 VDB Entry
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.11 *cpe:2.3:a:json-c_project:json-c:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.12-20140410
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c_project:json-c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.11 OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.11
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c_project:json-c:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c_project:json-c:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c_project:json-c:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c_project:json-c:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c_project:json-c:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c_project:json-c:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c_project:json-c:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c_project:json-c:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c_project:json-c:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/92541 [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92541 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/57791 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/57791 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/json-c/json-c/commit/64e36901a0614bf64a19bc3396469c66dcd0b015 No Types Assigned https://github.com/json-c/json-c/commit/64e36901a0614bf64a19bc3396469c66dcd0b015 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/92541 No Types Assigned http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/92541 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:079 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:079 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1032311 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1032311 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66715 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66715 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131845.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131845.html Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 22, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2013-6371 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2013-6371 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.66 }} -0.09%

score

0.77282

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability