CVE-2013-6954

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

4.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (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:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2014-01-12 15:00Z12 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-06-10 13:18Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2013-12-04

Assigning CNA

certcc

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d9b07064b06e873d66f665a33e8cfa58507202db8f76f5e7c72195b96362a6aa

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