CVE-2013-1816

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 20, 2019 at 07:22 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraEnterprise Linux

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

MediaWiki before 1.19.4 and 1.20.x before 1.20.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending a specially crafted request.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.19.41.20.0 ≤ v < 1.20.31.19.41.20.3
Affected range stops below 1.19.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.20.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (6)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-21.xml
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/4
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58306
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-1816
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88360

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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