CVE-2013-2116
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.8%EU EUVD
The _gnutls_ciphertext2compressed function in lib/gnutls_cipher.c in GnuTLS 2.12.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and crash) via a crafted padding length. NOTE: this might be due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-0169.
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
- 3.8% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-2085)
- Published
- July 3, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-2085 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / gnutls
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00003.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0883.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53911(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57260
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57274
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/6753
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/6754
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2697
- http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2013-2
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:171
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028603
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1843-1
- https://gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/5164d5a1d57cd0372a5dd074382ca960ca18b27d
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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