GHSA-2j3h-55rq-rj48

GHSA-2j3h-55rq-rj48 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022

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.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Timeline

May 17, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory

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References

https://github.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/issues/817 url
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/08/19/ruby-1-9-2-p330-released url
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/6 url
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6438 advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032874 url

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