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CVE-2013-4565
Heap-based buffer overflow in the __OLEdecode function in ppthtml 0.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 3.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the __OLEdecode function in ppthtml 0.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .ppt file.
Timeline
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By redhat
- 11 months later
· 11 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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% 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: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=729279 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ppthtml-cve20134565-bo(88885) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20131113 Re: CVE request: ppthtml heap-based buffer overflow (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-2013-4423 (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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