CVE-2013-1428
Stack-based buffer overflow in the receive_tcppacket function in net_packet.c in tinc before 1.0.21 and 1.1 before 1.1pre7 allows remote…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 60.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the receive_tcppacket function in net_packet.c in tinc before 1.0.21 and 1.1 before 1.1pre7 allows remote authenticated peers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large TCP packet.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- Tincd Post-Authentication Remote TCP Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/vpn/tincd_bofRank averagedisclosed 22 Apr 2013
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Tincd - (Authenticated) Remote TCP Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 35441remote, multiplepublished 2 Dec 2014Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 60.7% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- https://github.com/gsliepen/tinc/commit/17a33dfd95b1a29e90db76414eb9622df9632320 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-7120 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [tinc] 20130422 [Announcement] Tinc version 1.0.21 and 1.1pre7 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-7085 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.tinc-vpn.org/news/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 92653 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 53087 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 53108 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2663 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 59369 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-7128 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://freecode.com/projects/tinc/releases/354122 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-1466 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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