CVE-2013-2131 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.6% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Format string vulnerability in the rrdtool module 1.4.7 for Python, as used in Zenoss, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers to the rrdtool.graph function.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 10.59% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-134 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2015-01-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| rrdtool project | rrdtool |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Python RRDtool Module - Function Format String | 2013-05-18 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/18/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/19/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/31/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969296
- https://github.com/oetiker/rrdtool-1.x/issues/396
- https://github.com/oetiker/rrdtool-1.x/pull/397
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/18/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/19/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/31/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969296
- https://github.com/oetiker/rrdtool-1.x/issues/396
- https://github.com/oetiker/rrdtool-1.x/pull/397
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