CVE-2013-6461

mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.022 · 82 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.19% (82nd) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

15 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Nokogiri gem 1.5.x and 1.6.x has DoS while parsing XML entities by failing to apply limits

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-776USprimaryCWE-776US

affected products (15)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Ruby Nokogiri gem≤ 1.6.xenisa_euvdEU
Ruby Nokogiri gem≤ 1.5.xenisa_euvdEU
debian debian linux= 10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nokogiri nokogiri1.5.0 → 1.5.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nokogiri:nokogiri:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nokogiri nokogiri1.6.0 → 1.6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nokogiri:nokogiri:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat cloudforms management engine= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise mrg= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack= 3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat satellite= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat subscription asset managerall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:subscription_asset_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
RubyGems nokogiri1.5.0 → 1.5.11osvUSpkg:gem/nokogiri
RubyGems nokogiri1.6.0 → 1.6.1osvUSpkg:gem/nokogiri

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-jmhh-w7xp-wg39Nokogiri vulnerable to DoS while parsing XML entities2022-05-05ghsa · osvUS
Nokogiri gem 1.5.x and 1.6.x has DoS while parsing XML entities by failing to apply limits

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-11-05modified 2026-06-17

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references (20)

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