CVE-2014-8080 describes an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) vulnerability in the REXML parser of Ruby versions 1.9.x, 2.0.x, and 2.1.x, affecting products from Canonical, OpenSUSE, Red Hat, and Ruby_lang. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service through excessive memory consumption by submitting a specially crafted XML document. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a potential availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not in the KEV catalog, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.