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CVE-2013-1839
The strHdrAcptLangGetItem function in errorpage.cc in Squid 3.2.x before 3.2.9 and 3.3.x before 3.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 17.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The strHdrAcptLangGetItem function in errorpage.cc in Squid 3.2.x before 3.2.9 and 3.3.x before 3.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a "," character in an Accept-Language header.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 7 months later
· 7 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 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 17.4% · top 2.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 58316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 52588 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2013_1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20130305 Squid 3.2.7 DoS (loop, 100% cpu) strHdrAcptLangGetItem() at errorpage.cc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20130307 Re: Squid 3.2.7 DoS (loop, 100% cpu) strHdrAcptLangGetItem() at errorpage.cc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130311 Re: Squid 3.2.7 DoS (loop, 100% cpu) strHdrAcptLangGetItem() at errorpage.cc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-2013-1849 (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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