CVE-2013-4164
Ruby Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Ruby 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 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a string that is converted to a floating point value, as demonstrated using (1) the to_f method or (2) JSON.parse.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 23, 2013, 7:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 1:55 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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CVE-2013-4164 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-04/0134.html Added Reference http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00009.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00027.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00028.html Added Reference http://osvdb.org/100113 Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1763.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1764.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1767.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0011.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0215.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/55787 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/57376 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2809 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2810 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63873 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2035-1 Added Reference https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4164 Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536 Added Reference https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/11/22/heap-overflow-in-floating-point-parsing-cve-2013-4164 Added Reference https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/11/22/ruby-1-9-3-p484-is-released Added Reference https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/11/22/ruby-2-0-0-p353-is-released -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 09, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2035-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00009.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 09, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4164 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 31, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63873 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 27, 2013
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2013-4164 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2013-4164
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
17.84 }} -2.51%
score
0.94613
percentile