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CVE-2014-3916

Date: November 16, 2014

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (7)

Url: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9709

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93505

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67705

Url: http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/362

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3916

Url: http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/375

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-3916

Severity Score

3.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Data Handling

CWE-19

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.7
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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