CVE-2014-4975

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None
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 of service (segmentation fault) via vectors that trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2014-4975
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2014-11-15T20:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-29T01:35:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.9.3
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p0:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p195:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p247:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:preview2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10019 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118158 Issue Tracking
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2397-1 Third Party Advisory
http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=46778 Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/09/13 Mailing List
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157 Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0472.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129 Broken Link
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68474 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94706
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4975
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4975
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:42:33 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 02:18:52 2014-11-15T20:59Z 2014-11-15T20:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 02:18:52 2017-08-29T01:35:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 02:18:52 Modified Vulnerability Status updated