CVE-2013-7050

medium

Published 2013-12-13 · 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

The get_main_source_dir function in scripts/uscan.pl in devscripts before 2.13.8, when using USCAN_EXCLUSION, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a directory name.

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	`2.13.8`
sid	Fixed	`2.13.8`
forky	Fixed	`2.13.8`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.13.8`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.13.8`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
devscripts_devel_team	devscripts	`{"endIncluding":"2.13.7"}`
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`

References

CWEs

CWE-94

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

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