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CVE-2014-6438

Date: September 6, 2017

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/6
https://github.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/issues/817
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/08/19/ruby-1-9-2-p330-released/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6438
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6438
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032874
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-6438

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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