Is CVE-2013-6435 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2013-6435 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2013-6435?

CVE-2013-6435 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.6 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2013-6435?

CVE-2013-6435 has an EPSS score of 7.67% (94th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2013-6435?

Upgrade rpm on debian 11 to 4.11.3-1.1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2013-6435

HIGHEPSS 94th pctl

7.6

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Race condition in RPM 4.11.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPM file whose installation extracts the contents to temporary files before validating the signature, as demonstrated by installing a file in the /etc/cron.d directory.

CWE-74Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

rpmDebian

Fixed in:4.11.3-1.1CVE-2013-6435

rpmUbuntu

Fixed in:4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1USN-2479-1

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

7.67%probability of exploitation in 30 days

94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references13

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-74 (Injection) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2013-2251	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-22527	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2019-2725	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2022-46169	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-35914	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2019-17558	High	7.5	99%	KEV	Fix

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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 2026-05-06.