CVE-2013-4132 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Kde-workspace
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 16
Latest updateMay 14
Description
KDE-Workspace 4.10.5 and earlier does not properly handle the return value of the glibc 2.17 crypt and pw_encrypt functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via (1) an invalid salt or a (2) DES or (3) MD5 encrypted password, when FIPS-140 is enable, to KDM or an (4) invalid password to KCheckPass.
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9
Affected Packages3 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
2📋Vendor Advisories
1Red Hat▶
kde-workspace: NULL pointer dereference in KDM and KCheckPass when glibc 2.17 or FIPS-140 enabled system used↗2013-06-29
💬Community
1Bugzilla▶
CVE-2013-4132 kde-workspace: NULL pointer dereference in KDM and KCheckPass when glibc 2.17 or FIPS-140 enabled system used↗2013-07-17