CVE-2013-2131
Format string vulnerability in the rrdtool module 1.4.7 for Python, as used in Zenoss, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 10.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Format string vulnerability in the rrdtool module 1.4.7 for Python, as used in Zenoss, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers to the rrdtool.graph function.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Python RRDtool Module - Function Format String (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 38521remote, multiplepublished 18 May 2013Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 23 months later
· 23 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.6% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- [oss-security] 20130418 plone, rrdtool, zenoss bugs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969296 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/oetiker/rrdtool-1.x/pull/397 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130419 Re: plone, rrdtool, zenoss bugs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/oetiker/rrdtool-1.x/issues/396 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130531 Re: plone, rrdtool, zenoss bugs (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-2013-2099 (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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