Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-0252

Title: Boost Improper Input Validation

Input Validation Error

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-0252.

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Mar 12, 2013

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.92%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-0252: boost::locale::utf::utf_traits in the Boost.Locale library in Boost 1.48 through 1.52 does not properly detect certain invalid UTF-8 sequences, which might allow remote attackers to bypass input validation protection mechanisms via crafted trailing bytes.

Impacted Vendors

boost 1

316solutions 1

Reference Links

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699649 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699650 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/099103.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/099122.html http://www.boost.org/users/news/boost_locale_security_notice.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:065 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/04/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57675 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1727-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907481 https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7743 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699649 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699650 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/099103.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/099122.html http://www.boost.org/users/news/boost_locale_security_notice.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:065 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/04/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57675 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1727-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907481 https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7743

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-0252 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 12, 2013 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.