CVE-2014-0082

medium
Published 2014-02-18 · Modified 2024-12-02
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
5.0

Description

actionpack/lib/action_view/template/text.rb in Action View in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.17 converts MIME type strings to symbols during use of the :text option to the render method, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by including these strings in headers.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0082

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.3.14.1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.3.14.1
debian debianforkyfixed2.3.14.1
debian debiansidfixed2.3.14.1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.3.14.1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemsactionpack!>= 4.0.0||<>= 3.2.17>= 3.2.17
ruby RubyGemsactionpack>=3.0.0,<3.2.173.2.17

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
rubyonrailsrails3.0.0
rubyonrailsrails3.0.1
rubyonrailsrails3.0.2
rubyonrailsrails3.0.3
rubyonrailsrails3.0.4
rubyonrailsrails3.0.5
rubyonrailsrails3.0.6
rubyonrailsrails3.0.7
rubyonrailsrails3.0.8
rubyonrailsrails3.0.9
rubyonrailsrails3.0.10
rubyonrailsrails3.0.11
rubyonrailsrails3.0.12
rubyonrailsrails3.0.13
rubyonrailsrails3.0.14
rubyonrailsrails3.0.16
rubyonrailsrails3.0.17
rubyonrailsrails3.0.18
rubyonrailsrails3.0.19
rubyonrailsrails3.0.20
rubyonrailsrails3.1.0
rubyonrailsrails3.1.1
rubyonrailsrails3.1.2
rubyonrailsrails3.1.3
rubyonrailsrails3.1.4
rubyonrailsrails3.1.5
rubyonrailsrails3.1.6
rubyonrailsrails3.1.7
rubyonrailsrails3.1.8
rubyonrailsrails3.1.9
rubyonrailsrails3.1.10
rubyonrailsrails3.2.0
rubyonrailsrails3.2.1
rubyonrailsrails3.2.2
rubyonrailsrails3.2.3
rubyonrailsrails3.2.4
rubyonrailsrails3.2.5
rubyonrailsrails3.2.6
rubyonrailsrails3.2.7
rubyonrailsrails3.2.8
rubyonrailsrails3.2.9
rubyonrailsrails3.2.10
rubyonrailsrails3.2.11
rubyonrailsrails3.2.12
rubyonrailsrails3.2.13
rubyonrailsrails3.2.15
rubyonrailsruby_on_rails{"endIncluding":"3.2.16"}
rubyonrailsruby_on_rails3.0.4
rubyonrailsruby_on_rails3.2.14
rubyonrailsruby_on_rails3.2.15

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.