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CVE-2014-4975

Off-by-one error in the encodes function in pack.c in Ruby 1.9.3 and earlier, and 2.x through 2.1.2, when using certain format string specifiers, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via vectors that trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.

Published

2014-11-15T20:59:01.453

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-119
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application ruby-lang ruby ≤ 1.9.3 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.0 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.1 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.1 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.1.1 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.1.2 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node 7.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 7.0 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 8.0 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 14.10 Yes
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