CVE-2014-4975 (GCVE-0-2014-4975)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-11-15 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 11:34
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2014-07-09 00:00
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    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Low",
      "current_release_date": "2026-06-28T06:41:52+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2014-4975",
      "id": "CVE-2014-4975",
      "initial_release_date": "2014-07-09T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "347",
      "product_status:known_affected": "9",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "13",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "ruby: off-by-one stack-based buffer overflow in the encodes() function",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2014/cve-2014-4975.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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