CVE-2013-1910
yum does not properly handle bad metadata, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service...
yum does not properly handle bad metadata, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and possibly have other unspecified impact via a Trojan horse file in the metadata of a remote repository.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.8
yum does not properly handle bad metadata, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and possibly have other unspecified impact via a Trojan horse file in the metadata of a remote repository.
- Record
CVE-2013-1910- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
yum does not properly handle bad metadata, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and possibly have other unspecified impact via a Trojan horse file in the metadata of a remote repository.
- Record
CVE-2013-1910- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-1905 No score
yum does not properly handle bad metadata, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and possibly have other unspecified impact via a Trojan horse file in the metadata of a remote repository.
- Record
EUVD-2013-1905- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c9v4-8m93-h7r2
9.8
yum does not properly handle bad metadata, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service...
yum does not properly handle bad metadata, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and possibly have other unspecified impact via a Trojan horse file in the metadata of a remote repository.
- Record
GHSA-c9v4-8m93-h7r2- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2013-1910
9.8
yum does not properly handle bad metadata, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and possibly have other unspecified impact via a Trojan horse file in the metadata of a remote repository.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2013-1910- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2013-1910 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Baseurl Yum, published October 31, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.60%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1910
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-1910
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-1910
securityfocus.com/bid/58533
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/29/4
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83348
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nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1910
github.com/advisories/GHSA-c9v4-8m93-h7r2
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1910
yum.baseurl.org/gitweb?p=yum.git;a=commitdiff;h=c148eb10b798270b3d15087433c8efb2a79a69d0
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910446
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1910
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1910