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CVE-2014-3916

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-11-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-19

Description

The str_buf_cat function in string.c in Ruby 1.9.3, 2.0.0, and 2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a long string.

Affected products

• Ruby on Rails: 1.9.3, 2.0.0, 2.1.0

References

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/362
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/375
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67705
• https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9709
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93505
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/362
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/375
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67705
• https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9709
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93505

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