Unscored severity · published Nov 21, 2014
CVE-2014-8090
The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3 patchlevel 551, 2.0.x before 2.0.0 patchlevel 598, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and…
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CVSS
5.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3 patchlevel 551, 2.0.x before 2.0.0 patchlevel 598, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) a crafted XML document containing an empty string in an entity that is used in a large number of nested entity references, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1821 and CVE-2014-8080.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.7% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RU
Ruby · Ruby-lang
through 1.9.3; 1.9.3; 1.9.3; 1.9.3; 1.9.3; 1.9.3; +20 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8090
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8090
advisories.mageia.org
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0472.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00035.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00004.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1911.html
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