CVE-2013-4164 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Ruby versions 1.8, 1.9 (before 1.9.3-p484), 2.0 (before 2.0.0-p353), 2.1 (before 2.1.0 preview2), and trunk (before revision 43780). This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (segmentation fault) and potentially execute arbitrary code by providing a specially crafted string that is converted to a floating-point value, for example, via the to_f method or JSON.parse. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity and potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for denial-of-service, and it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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