CVE-2013-7298
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD
query_params.cpp in cxxtools before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and crash) via an HTTP query that contains %% (double percent) characters.
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-399
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-7075)
- Published
- January 26, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-7075 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- tntnet / cxxtools
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/127445.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/112
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/116
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56363(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65020
- http://www.tntnet.org/download/cxxtools-2.2.1/Releasenotes-2.2.1.markdown
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90564
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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