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CVE-2013-4363

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4363 is an algorithmic complexity vulnerability in RubyGems, specifically affecting versions before 1.8.23.2, 1.8.24-1.8.26, 2.0.x before 2.0.10, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5, as used in Ruby 1.9.0-2.0.0p247. This flaw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by submitting a crafted gem version that triggers excessive CPU consumption due to a regular expression backtracking issue. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.3, it has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, leading to a partial availability 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
<= 1.8.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:rubygems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:rubygems:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:rubygems:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:rubygems:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:rubygems:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0169 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: rubygems-updateFixed in: 1.8.23.2
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: rubygems-updateFixed in: 1.8.27
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: rubygems-updateFixed in: 2.0.10
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: rubygems-updateFixed in: 2.1.5

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-9qvm-2vhf-q649medium

RubyGems Regular Expression Denial of Service

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2013-4363Moderate

rubygems: version regex algorithmic complexity vulnerability, incomplete CVE-2013-4287 fix

Sep 15, 2013

References

blog.rubygems.org / 2013/09/24/CVE-2013-4363.html
PatchVendor Advisory
puppet.com / security/cve/cve-2013-4363
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/09/14/3
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/8
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/09/20/1
Patch