CVE-2013-7298

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

query_params.cpp in cxxtools before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and crash) via an HTTP query that contains %% (double percent) characters.

Affected products

Tntnet Cxxtools: through 2.2

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/127445.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/112
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/116
http://secunia.com/advisories/56363
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65020
http://www.tntnet.org/download/cxxtools-2.2.1/Releasenotes-2.2.1.markdown
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90564
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/127445.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/112
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/116
http://secunia.com/advisories/56363
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65020

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