CVE-2013-2551

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-28. Federal remediation due 2022-04-18.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

74.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2013-03-11 10:00Z13 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2013-03-10

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

37482a35c69d3dbda9f0a77fb8c7357686d012fb175036c2fbc145e1dfb14613

• docs.microsoft.comMS13-037https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-037vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• www.us-cert.govTA13-134Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-134Athird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• twitter.comhttp://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309479075385327617x_refsource_MISC
• twitter.comhttp://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309452625173176320x_refsource_MISC
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:16317https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16317vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• h30499.www3.hp.comhttp://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157x_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2551government-resource