CVE-2013-5914

medium

Published 2013-10-26 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.8

Description

Buffer overflow in the ssl_read_record function in ssl_tls.c in PolarSSL before 1.1.8, when using TLS 1.1, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long packet.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
polarssl	polarssl	`{"endIncluding":"1.1.7"}`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.0.0`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.1.0`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.1.1`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.1.2`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.1.3`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.1.4`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.1.5`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.1.6`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.