VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-3916

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.37%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-11-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

The str_buf_cat function in string.c in Ruby 1.9.3, 2.0.0, and 2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a long string.

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