CVE-2013-4988
Stack-based buffer overflow in IcoFX 2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long idCount value in an…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 67.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in IcoFX 2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long idCount value in an ICONDIR structure in an ICO file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- IcoFX Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/icofx_bofRank normaldisclosed 10 Dec 2013
Exploit-DB3 entries
- IcoFX 2.6 - '.ico' Buffer Overflow SEH + DEP Bypass using JOP (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 49959local, windowspublished 7 Jun 2021Not verified
- IcoFX - Local Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30788local, windowspublished 7 Jan 2014Verified
- IcoFX 2.5.0.0 - '.ico' Buffer Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30208dos, windowspublished 11 Dec 2013Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 30208 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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 mitre
- 5 months later
· 5 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 67.0% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References10
- icofx-cve20134988-bo(89611) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20131210 CORE-2013-1107 - IcoFX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 100826 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 30208 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/icofx-buffer-overflow-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20131210 CORE-2013-1107 - IcoFX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124380/IcoFX-2.5.0.0-Buffer-Overflow.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 55964 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 64221 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162995/IcoFX-2.6-Buffer-Overflow.html (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-2013-4832 (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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