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CVE-2013-6461
Nokogiri gem 1.5.x and 1.6.x has DoS while parsing XML entities by failing to apply limits
Medium6.5EPSS 2.2%
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- redhat
Description
Nokogiri gem 1.5.x and 1.6.x has DoS while parsing XML entities by failing to apply limits
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 17% 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 6.5.
Weakness
- while parsing XML entities
- CWE-776 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-776 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 1.5.x
- affected 1.6.x
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsnokogiriGHSA-jmhh-w7xp-wg39 (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6461 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-6461 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-6461 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64513 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90059 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-jmhh-w7xp-wg39 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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