VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-7463

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.15%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-04-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

The aescrypt gem 1.0.0 for Ruby does not randomize the CBC IV for use with the AESCrypt.encrypt and AESCrypt.decrypt functions, which allows attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a chosen plaintext attack.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-330: Use of Insufficiently Random Values

Primary references