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CVE-2013-2065

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2065 describes a vulnerability in Ruby's DL and Fiddle libraries (versions 1.9 before 1.9.3p426 and 2.0 before 2.0.0p195) that allows attackers to bypass $SAFE level restrictions by not performing taint checking for native functions. This flaw, affecting openSUSE and Ruby-lang distributions, carries a CVSS score of 6.4, indicating a medium severity with network-based attacks, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0251 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

susevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Enterprise 1Fixed in: ruby193-ruby
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: ruby193-ruby

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-2065Low

Ruby: Object taint bypassing in DL and Fiddle

May 14, 2013

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107064.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107098.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107120.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00057.html
Vendor Advisory
puppet.com / security/cve/cve-2013-2065
ruby-lang.org / en/news/2013/05/14/taint-bypass-dl-fiddle-cve-2013-2065
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2035-1