Is CVE-2013-0198 being actively exploited?

CVE-2013-0198 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-0198?

CVE-2013-0198 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2013-0198

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.8%EU EUVD

Dnsmasq before 2.66test2, when used with certain libvirt configurations, replies to queries from prohibited interfaces, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via spoofed TCP based DNS queries. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3411.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 2.8% (87th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2013-0234)
Published: March 5, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-0234 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

thekelleys / dnsmasq

References

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:072(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/18/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/18/7(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=22ce550e5346947a12a781ed0959a7b1165d0dc6
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894486(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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