CVE-2013-2257

Q: How do I fix CVE-2013-2257?

Upgrade cryptocat to 2.0.42 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2013-2257 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2013-2257 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.0% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 78% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2013-2257?

CVE-2013-2257 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2013-2257 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for cryptocat (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGHEPSS 78th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Cryptocat before 2.0.42 has Group Chat ECC Private Key Generation Brute Force Weakness

CWE-307

How to fix

Remediation Available

cryptocatNVD

Affected:< 2.0.42Fixed in:2.0.42CVE-2013-2257derived from NVD

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

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.96%probability of exploitation in 30 days

78thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 78% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

Product1

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Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-307 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2019-17240	Critical	9.8	40%	-	-
CVE-2023-29301	High	7.5	32%	-	-
CVE-2023-22960	High	7.5	28%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-15906	Critical	9.8	27%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-9361	Critical	9.8	20%	-	-
CVE-2024-39225	Critical	9.8	15%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2013-2257?

Upgrade cryptocat to 2.0.42 or later.

Is CVE-2013-2257 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2013-2257 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.0% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 78% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2013-2257?

CVE-2013-2257 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2013-2257 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for cryptocat (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.