CVE-2014-3916
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
The str_buf_cat function in string.c in Ruby 1.9.3, 2.0.0, and 2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a long string.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/362
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/375
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67705
- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9709
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93505
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/362
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/375
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67705
- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9709
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93505
CWEs
CWE-19
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.