CVE-2013-4164

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4164
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-11-23 19:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.119580000 probability, percentile 0.937880000 (date 2026-04-29)

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.1 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.2 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.3 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.0.0 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.1 preview1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ruby 1.9.3-p484 is released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ruby-lang.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
CVE-2013-4164 | Puppet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 puppet.com
openSUSE-SU-2013:1835-1: moderate: update for ruby19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:1897-1: critical: Security update for r af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
About the security content of OS X Server v4.0 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Ruby 2.0.0-p353 is released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ruby-lang.org Patch
USN-2035-1: Ruby vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
openSUSE-SU-2013:1834-1: moderate: update for ruby20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
osvdb.org/100113 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2810-1 ruby1.9.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2809-1 ruby1.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Ruby Floating Point Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA57376 - Red Hat update for cfme - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Heap Overflow in Floating Point Parsing (CVE-2013-4164) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ruby-lang.org Exploit
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
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