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CVE-2014-6438
The URI.decode_www_form_component method in Ruby before 1.9.2-p330 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (catastrophic…
High7.5EPSS 4.1%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- 1032874 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/08/19/ruby-1-9-2-p330-released/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/issues/817 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150713 Re: Retroactive CVE request for Ruby 1.9.2-p330 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
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