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CVE-2013-1428 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the receive_tcppacket function in net_packet.c in tinc before 1.0.21 and 1.1 before 1.1pre7 allows remote au…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-1466

cvss
6.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
60.7%
EPSS 60.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.1%
public exploits
2
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the receive_tcppacket function in net_packet.c in tinc before 1.0.21 and 1.1 before 1.1pre7 allows remote authenticated peers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large TCP packet.

Patch / fix

  • tinc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.19-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1428

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-1428 updated cvss 4.0

tinc: Stack-based buffer overflow when processing overly long TCP packets

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/vpn/tincd_bof)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

60.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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