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CVE-2014-6438

high

Description

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.

References

https://github.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/issues/817

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032874

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/08/19/ruby-1-9-2-p330-released/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/6

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-09-06

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00577