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high 7.5

CVE-2013-6888 json

Uscan in devscripts before 2.13.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted tarball.

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-6690

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.1%
EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Uscan in devscripts before 2.13.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted tarball.

Patch / fix

  • devscripts Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.13.9

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6888

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-6888 updated cvss 6.8

devscripts: arbitrary code execution in uscan

  • 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

4.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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