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CVE-2014-8080
The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3-p550, 2.0.x before 2.0.0-p594, and 2.1.x before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a…
Medium5.0EPSS 5.6%
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Description
The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3-p550, 2.0.x before 2.0.0-p594, and 2.1.x before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.6% · top 7.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
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Affected products
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References (20)
- 61607 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:1589 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0443.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1912 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3159 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 62050 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1913 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/10/27/rexml-dos-cve-2014-8080/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1911 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 70935 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3157 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-2397-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 62748 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:129 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1914 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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