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01 Record

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 memory consumption)

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 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)

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
5.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 92.8% 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
Moderate. 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
2014-11-21 15:00Z11 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 13:10Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2014-10-10
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-776Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
023a49db63fc7cc3979471dac1a0a020051c8f7182dcc2520545ac3a3f9b19e5

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
redhatcloudforms_managementengineNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—
redhathummingbirdNot specified—
redhatjboss_enterprise_soa_platformNot specified—
redhatopenshiftNot specified—
redhatopenstackNot specified—
redhatrhel_software_collectionsNot specified—
redhatsatelliteNot specified—
rhel_sam1Not specified—
ruby-langrubyNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

  • ruby1.9.1
    Fixed in 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.2
  • ruby2.0
    Fixed in 2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.2

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.