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CVE-2013-7463

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-04-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-330

Description

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.

Affected products

• Aescrypt Project Aescrypt: through 1.0.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98035
• https://github.com/Gurpartap/aescrypt/issues/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98035
• https://github.com/Gurpartap/aescrypt/issues/4

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