CVE-2013-4421
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.064 · 94 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
6.42% (94th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The buf_decompress function in packet.c in Dropbear SSH Server before 2013.59 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a compressed packet that has a large size when it is decompressed.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- dropbear ssh project dropbear ssh< 2013.59nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (27)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119300.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119323.htmlcnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55173cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/11/4cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62958cnnvd
- https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGEScnnvd
- https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/0bf76f54de6fcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119300.htmlenisa_euvd
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