CVE-2013-4287
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in Gem::Version::VERSION_PATTERN in lib/rubygems/version.rb in RubyGems before 1.8.23.1, 1.8.24 through 1.8.25, 2.0.x before 2.0.8, and 2.1.x before 2.1.0, as used in Ruby 1.9.0 through 2.0.0p247, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted gem version that triggers a large amount of backtracking in a regular expression.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-310
- EPSS score
- 3.3% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-3399)
- Published
- October 17, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-3399 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / enterprise linux
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
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References
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2013/09/09/CVE-2013-4287.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1427.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1441.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1523.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1852.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0207.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55381
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/10/1(Patch)
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4287
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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