Is CVE-2013-7345 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2013-7345 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2013-7345?

CVE-2013-7345 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2013-7345?

CVE-2013-7345 has an EPSS score of 3.04% (86th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2013-7345?

Upgrade file on debian 11 to 1:5.17-0.1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2013-7345

MEDIUMEPSS 86th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The BEGIN regular expression in the awk script detector in magic/Magdir/commands in file before 5.15 uses multiple wildcards with unlimited repetitions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted ASCII file that triggers a large amount of backtracking, as demonstrated via a file with many newline characters.

How to fix

Remediation Available

fileDebian

Fixed in:1:5.17-0.1CVE-2013-7345

fileUbuntu

Fixed in:1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1USN-2278-1

libmagic1Ubuntu

Fixed in:1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1USN-2278-1

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

3.04%probability of exploitation in 30 days

86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Third-Party Advisory4

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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.