CVE-2013-4314

mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.012 · 68 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.20% (68th) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
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13 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The X509Extension in pyOpenSSL before 0.13.1 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the Subject Alternative Name field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.7–7.5

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9
v2.03.7lowAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV
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affected products (13)

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advisories (2)

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  • GHSA-6748-36qp-fx6rPyOpenSSL Mishandles NUL Byte In Certificate Subject Alternative Name2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS

    The X509Extension in pyOpenSSL before 0.13.1 does not properly handle a `\0` character in a domain name in the Subject Alternative Name field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority.

  • PYSEC-2013-312013-09-30vendor · osvUS

    The X509Extension in pyOpenSSL before 0.13.1 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the Subject Alternative Name field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority.

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published 2013-09-30modified 2026-06-16
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