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CVE-2013-5914

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-10-26 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the ssl_read_record function in ssl_tls.c in PolarSSL before 1.1.8, when using TLS 1.1, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long packet.

Affected products

• PolarSSL: through 1.1.7; 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.1.0-rc0, 1.1.0-rc1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 (+4)

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2782
• https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/polarssl-security-advisory-2013-04
• http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2782
• https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/polarssl-security-advisory-2013-04

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