CVE-2013-0333
lib/active_support/json/backends/yaml.rb in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x before 2.3.16 and 3.0.x before 3.0.20 does not properly convert JSON data to YAML data for processing by a YAML parser, which allows
02 Description
lib/active_support/json/backends/yaml.rb in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x before 2.3.16 and 3.0.x before 3.0.20 does not properly convert JSON data to YAML data for processing by a YAML parser, which allows
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 95.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-01-30 11:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 14:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-12-06
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted DataBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b359c9a029dbdad716000e2ced7b2d726581eab9ba40a5d173876edb5cb3d4d6
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#628463http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/628463
- www.debian.orgDSA-2613http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2613
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2013-06-04-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2013-03-14-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html
- groups.google.com[rubyonrails-security] 20130129 Vulnerability in JSON Parser in Ruby on Rails 3.0 and 2.3https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/52179af76915e518?dmode=source&output=gplain
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0201http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0201.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0202http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0202.html
- puppet.comhttps://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-0333
- weblog.rubyonrails.orghttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/1/28/Rails-3-0-20-and-2-3-16-have-been-released/
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0203http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0203.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rails Fixed in 2.3.14.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rails Fixed in 2.3.14.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- rails Fixed in 2.3.14.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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