CVE-2014-4975 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 3.45% · 87.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
3.45%
87.4th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSruby2.02.0.0.484-1ubuntu2, 0, 2.0.0.299-2
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSruby1.9.11.9.3.194-8.1ubuntu2, 1.9.3.448-1ubuntu1, 1.9.3.448-1ubuntu2

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