What is CVE-2013-7172?

CVE-2013-7172 is a high-severity vulnerability in Slackware Linux, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-21.

How severe is CVE-2013-7172?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Slackware Linux

CVE-2013-7172

Slackware 13.1, 13.37, 14.0 and 14.1 contain world-writable permissions on the iodbctest and iodbctestw programs within the libiodbc package, which could allow local users to use RPATH information to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

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

Published 2019-11-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.6% 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

Slackware Linux — versions 13.1, 13.37, 14.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7172 (Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/20/1 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89916 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-7172?: CVE-2013-7172 is a high-severity vulnerability in Slackware Linux, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-21.
How severe is CVE-2013-7172?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.