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Unscored severity · published Nov 15, 2014
CVE-2014-4975
Off-by-one error in the encodes function in pack.c in Ruby 1.9.3 and earlier, and 2.x through 2.1.2, when using certain format string specifiers, allows context-dependent…
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CVSS
3.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Off-by-one error in the encodes function in pack.c in Ruby 1.9.3 and earlier, and 2.x through 2.1.2, when using certain format string specifiers, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via vectors that trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.5% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Hpc Node · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
RU
Ruby · Ruby-lang
through 1.9.3; 2.0; 2.0.0; 2.0.0; 2.0.0; 2.0.0; +8 more · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 14.10 · source: NVD
Affected product
UL
Ubuntu Linux
Canonical
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4975
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4975
Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0472.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html
Vendor Advisory
http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=46778
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157
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