When was CVE-2013-4440 disclosed?

CVE-2013-4440 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 19, 2014, with the most recent update on May 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2013-4440 actively exploited?

CVE-2013-4440 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 66.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2013-4440?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2013-4440, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2013-4440

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

Password Generator (aka Pwgen) before 2.07 generates weak non-tty passwords, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to guess the password via a brute-force attack.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: 0.0(none)
EPSS: 66.0%
KEV: Not listed

References (16)

secalert@redhathttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html
secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146015.html
secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146237.html
secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146285.html
secalert@redhathttp://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/
secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:008
secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1
secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/15
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0535.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146015.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146237.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146285.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceforge.net/p/pwgen/code/ci/00118ccac4656adb028504639b313d7b09e62b79/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:008
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/1

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