CVE-2013-7298
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-01-26 20:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 18:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-01-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3500ceba0690e9dac14ed112e0271f7d70ef884a8da1deae05a84a416d71d0d8
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcxxtools-cve20137298-dos(90564)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90564
- www.securityfocus.com65020http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65020
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20140118 Re: CVE requests / advisory: cxxtools <= 2.2, Tntnet <= 2.2http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/116
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20140118 CVE requests / advisory: cxxtools <= 2.2, Tntnet <= 2.2http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/112
- secunia.com56363http://secunia.com/advisories/56363
- www.tntnet.orghttp://www.tntnet.org/download/cxxtools-2.2.1/Releasenotes-2.2.1.markdown
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-1207http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/127445.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cxxtools Fixed in 2.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cxxtools Fixed in 2.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cxxtools Fixed in 2.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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