What is CVE-2013-0178?

CVE-2013-0178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redis Labs, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-11-01.

How severe is CVE-2013-0178?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Redis Labs

CVE-2013-0178

Insecure temporary file vulnerability in Redis before 2.6 related to /tmp/redis-%p.vm.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2019-11-01 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (34.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Redis Labs — versions before 2.6
Redislabs Redis

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0178 (Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/14/5 (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/14/7 (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81329 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/antirez/redis/commit/697af434fbeb2e3ba2ba9687cd283ed1a2734fa5 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-0178?: CVE-2013-0178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redis Labs, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-11-01.
How severe is CVE-2013-0178?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.