{"id":"CVE-2013-2210","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-2210","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:52:28.487Z","title":"Heap-based buffer overflow in the XML Signature Reference functionality in Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (aka xml-security-c) before 1.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary…","description":"Heap-based buffer overflow in the XML Signature Reference functionality in Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (aka xml-security-c) before 1.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed XPointer expressions.  NOTE: this is due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-2154.","published":"2013-08-20T22:55:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:52:57.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["apache/xml security for c\\+\\+"],"epss":{"score":0.06018,"percentile":0.93293,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-06/0216.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2210.txt","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2717","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-06/0216.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2210.txt","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2717","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2210","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}