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CVE-2013-6888

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-01-07 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Uscan in devscripts before 2.13.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted tarball.

Affected products

• Devscripts Devel Team Devscripts: through 2.13.8; 2.13.0, 2.13.1, 2.13.2, 2.13.3, 2.13.4, 2.13.5 (+2)

References

• http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/devscripts.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=02c6850d973e3e1246fde72edab27f03d63acc52
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=138900586911271&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56192
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56579
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2836
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64656
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2084-1
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90107
• http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/devscripts.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=02c6850d973e3e1246fde72edab27f03d63acc52
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=138900586911271&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56192
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56579

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