01 Record

CVE-2014-2734

The openssl extension in Ruby 2.x does not properly maintain the state of process memory after a file is reopened, which allows remote attackers to spoof signatures within the context of a Ruby script

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 5.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 92.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2014-04-24 23:00Z12 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 10:21Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2014-04-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Data version

5.1

Document digest

cf6de3ed37f9137e808d348ae17cb0dc9144b6beb5bd12dc432736504cdcb3b2

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatjboss_enterprise_soa_platformNot specified—

redhatopenshiftNot specified—

redhatopenstackNot specified—

redhatrhel_software_collectionsNot specified—

rhel_sam1Not specified—

ruby-langrubyNot specified—

06 References

packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126218/Ruby-OpenSSL-Private-Key-Spoofing.htmlx_refsource_MISC
www.osvdb.org106006http://www.osvdb.org/106006vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
news.ycombinator.comhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7601973x_refsource_MISC
www.securityfocus.com66956http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66956vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
seclists.org20140502 Re: Ruby OpenSSL private key spoofing ~ CVE-2014-2734 with PoChttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/13mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
gist.github.comhttps://gist.github.com/10446549x_refsource_MISC
www.ruby-lang.orghttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/05/09/dispute-of-vulnerability-cve-2014-2734/x_refsource_MISC
gist.github.comhttps://gist.github.com/emboss/91696b56cd227c8a0c13x_refsource_MISC
github.comhttps://github.com/adrienthebo/cve-2014-2734/x_refsource_MISC
seclists.org20140416 Ruby OpenSSL private key spoofing ~ CVE-2014-2734 with PoChttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/231mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC