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CVE-2013-1910

yum does not properly handle bad metadata, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service...

9.8 Critical

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

2.60%Up 1.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

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 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV: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 CriticalCVSS: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 CriticalCVSS: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

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
yum
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
3.4.3-3
None known
yum
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
3.4.3-3
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE 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.

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