What is CVE-2013-7463?

CVE-2013-7463 is a high-severity vulnerability in Aescrypt Project, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-19.

How severe is CVE-2013-7463?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Aescrypt Project

CVE-2013-7463

The aescrypt gem 1.0.0 for Ruby does not randomize the CBC IV for use with the AESCrypt.encrypt and AESCrypt.decrypt functions, which allows attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a chosen plaintext attack.

EPSS: 0.011 (63.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Aescrypt_project Aescrypt
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-330 — Use of Insufficiently Random Values

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-7463?: CVE-2013-7463 is a high-severity vulnerability in Aescrypt Project, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-19.
How severe is CVE-2013-7463?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.