CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-6438
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-09-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
The URI.decode_www_form_component method in Ruby before 1.9.2-p330 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (catastrophic regular expression backtracking, resource consumption, or application crash) via a crafted string.
Affected configurations
• ruby-lang ruby (<= 1.9.2)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/6 Mailing List, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032874 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/issues/817 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/08/19/ruby-1-9-2-p330-released/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/6 Mailing List, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032874 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/issues/817 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/08/19/ruby-1-9-2-p330-released/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory