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 attackers to cause a denial
02 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
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
- 3.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.6% 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
- 2014-11-15 20:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 11:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-07-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 74069a2b289da1926f72f6a07b527453430ecb14b908262377e4590cbdf0dcc3
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140709 Fwd: [ruby-core:63604] [ruby-trunk - Bug #10019] [Open] segmentation fault/buffer overrun in pack.c (encodes)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/09/13
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1912http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html
- www.securityfocus.com68474http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68474
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1913http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118158
- www.debian.orgDSA-3157http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0472.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2397-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2397-1
- bugs.ruby-lang.orghttps://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10019
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:129http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129
- svn.ruby-lang.orghttp://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=46778
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1914http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comruby-cve20144975-bo(94706)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94706
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- ruby1.9.1 Fixed in 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1
- ruby2.0 Fixed in 2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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