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CVE-2013-1854
The Active Record component in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x before 2.3.18, 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13 processes certain queries…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.5%
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- redhat
Description
The Active Record component in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x before 2.3.18, 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13 processes certain queries by converting hash keys to symbols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input to a where method.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsactiverecordGHSA-3crr-9vmg-864v (opens in a new tab)
References (12)
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0667 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-5 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0659 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0660 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2013-06-04-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1863 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0664 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0668 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [ruby-security-ann] 20130318 [CVE-2013-1854] Symbol DoS vulnerability in Active Record (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0699 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/3/18/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-13-3-1-12-and-2-3-18-have-been-released/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-3crr-9vmg-864v (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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