CVE-2014-6438 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the URI.decode_www_form_component method of Ruby versions prior to 1.9.2-p330. An attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted string, leading to catastrophic regular expression backtracking, resource exhaustion, or application crashes. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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