CVE-2014-9490
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
sentry-raven allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large exponent value in a scientific number
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.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | sentry-raven | <>= 0.12.2 | >= 0.12.2 |
| RubyGems | sentry-raven | <0.12.2 | 0.12.2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| getsentry | raven-ruby | {"endIncluding":"0.12.1"} | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9490
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/26
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99687
- https://github.com/getsentry/raven-ruby/commit/477ee93a3f735be33bc1e726820654cdf6e22d8f
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/getsentry/Cz5bih0ZY1U
- https://github.com/getsentry/raven-ruby
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/sentry-raven/CVE-2014-9490.yml
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/getsentry/Cz5bih0ZY1U
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.