CVE-2014-3916 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Ruby versions 1.9.3, 2.0.0, and 2.1, specifically within the str_buf_cat function in string.c. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by providing a long string, leading to a segmentation fault and application crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and only impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has received negligible community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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