CVE-2013-6888

high

Published 2014-01-07 · 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

7.5

Description

Uscan in devscripts before 2.13.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted tarball.

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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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.13.9`
sid	Fixed	`2.13.9`
forky	Fixed	`2.13.9`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.13.9`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.13.9`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
devscripts_devel_team	devscripts	`{"endIncluding":"2.13.8"}`
devscripts_devel_team	devscripts	`2.13.0`
devscripts_devel_team	devscripts	`2.13.1`
devscripts_devel_team	devscripts	`2.13.2`
devscripts_devel_team	devscripts	`2.13.3`
devscripts_devel_team	devscripts	`2.13.4`
devscripts_devel_team	devscripts	`2.13.5`
devscripts_devel_team	devscripts	`2.13.6`
devscripts_devel_team	devscripts	`2.13.7`

References

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

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