CVE-2014-6438
ruby: Unsafe parsing of long strings via decode_www_form_component method
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Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · August 19, 2014
Updated · May 18, 2026
Description
The URI.decode_www_form_component method in Ruby before 1.9.2-p330 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (catastrophic regular expression backtracking, resource consumption, or application crash) via a crafted string.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation