Is CVE-2013-2142 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2013-2142 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2013-2142?

CVE-2013-2142 has a CVSS v2 base score of 3.3 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2013-2142?

CVE-2013-2142 has an EPSS score of 0.27% (18th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2142?

Upgrade libimobiledevice on debian 11 to 1.1.5-0.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2013-2142

LOW

3.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

userpref.c in libimobiledevice 1.1.4, when $HOME and $XDG_CONFIG_HOME are not set, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) HostCertificate.pem, (2) HostPrivateKey.pem, (3) libimobiledevicerc, (4) RootCertificate.pem, or (5) RootPrivateKey.pem in /tmp/root/.config/libimobiledevice/.

CWE-59Link Following

How to fix

Remediation Available

libimobiledeviceDebian

Fixed in:1.1.5-0.1CVE-2013-2142

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

18thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 18% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

bugs.launchpad.net

Other references3

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