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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-4123

client_side_request.cc in Squid 3.2.x before 3.2.13 and 3.3.x before 3.3.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted port number in a HTTP Host header.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 80.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 80.5%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

client_side_request.cc in Squid 3.2.x before 3.2.13 and 3.3.x before 3.3.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted port number in a HTTP Host header.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
80.45% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 16 July 2013
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
squid-cache/squid · opensuse/opensuse
Source
secalert@redhat.com
EPSS trend
0%43%85%4 November 2026: 80.45%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 80.5% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-26886source ↗Squid 3.3.5 - Denial of Service (PoC)linux · kingcopedos16 July 2013yes

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