Vulnerability in Ruby-Lang Ruby
CVE-2014-8080
The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3-p550, 2.0.x before 2.0.0-p594, and 2.1.x before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.055 (92.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.055 · newest: 0.055 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ruby-Lang Ruby — versions 1.9.3, 2.0.0, 2.1.1
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
- openSUSE — versions 12.3, 13.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0, 7.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/61607 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00035.html (vendor-advisory)
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0443.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3159 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/62050 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/10/27/rexml-dos-cve-2014-8080/ (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-8080?
- CVE-2014-8080 is a vulnerability in Ruby-Lang Ruby. Published 2014-11-03.
- Is CVE-2014-8080 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.