Vulnerability Details : CVE-2013-4164

Public exploit exists!
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.
Published 2013-11-23 19:55:04
Updated 2018-01-09 02:29:04
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory CorruptionExecute codeDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2013-4164

Threat overview for CVE-2013-4164

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2013-4164
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 22
IPs affected by CVE-2013-4164 2,010
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4164

EPSS FAQ
4.54%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 92 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2013-4164

  • Ruby on Rails JSON Processor Floating Point Heap Overflow DoS
    Disclosure Date: 2013-11-22
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    auxiliary/dos/http/rails_json_float_dos
    When Ruby attempts to convert a string representation of a large floating point decimal number to its floating point equivalent, a heap-based buffer overflow can be triggered. This module has been tested successfully on a Ruby on Rails application using Ruby version

CVSS scores for CVE-2013-4164

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
6.8
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.6
6.4
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2013-4164

  • The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2013-4164

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