CVE-2014-3916

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3916
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-16 17:59:04 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-19 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rubyonrails Rails 1.9.3 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.0.0 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.1.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Bug #9709: Large string causes SEGV with x64-mingw32 - ruby-trunk - Ruby Issue Tracking System af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.ruby-lang.org Vendor Advisory
oss-sec: Fwd: [ruby-core:62800] [ruby-trunk - Bug #9709] Large string causes SEGV with x64-mingw32 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
oss-sec: Re: Fwd: [ruby-core:62800] [ruby-trunk - Bug #9709] Large string causes SEGV with x64-mingw32 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Ruby 'string.c' Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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