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CVE-2013-4393 json

journald in systemd, when the origin of native messages is set to file, allows local users to cause a denial of service (logging service bl…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-4272

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

journald in systemd, when the origin of native messages is set to file, allows local users to cause a denial of service (logging service blocking) via a crafted file descriptor.

Patch / fix

  • systemd_project systemd 194
  • systemd Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 204-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4393

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-4393 updated cvss 2.1

systemd: Possibility of denial of logging service by processing native messages from file

  • 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

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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