VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2013-4164
CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability34.97%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-11-23
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer