What is CVE-2013-4245?

CVE-2013-4245 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNOME Orca, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2019-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2013-4245?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Improper input validation in GNOME Orca

CVE-2013-4245

Orca has arbitrary code execution due to insecure Python module load

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

Published 2019-12-11 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GNOME Orca
Orca — versions 3.14.0
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4245 (Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4245 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-4245?: CVE-2013-4245 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNOME Orca, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2019-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2013-4245?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.