What is CVE-2013-0159?

CVE-2013-0159 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2018-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2013-0159?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora

CVE-2013-0159

The fedora-business-cards package before 1-0.1.beta1.fc17 on Fedora 17 and before 1-0.1.beta1.fc18 on Fedora 18 allows local users to cause a denial of service or write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/fedora-business-cards-buffer.svg.

EPSS: 0.003 (27.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 17, 18
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-0159?: CVE-2013-0159 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2018-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2013-0159?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.