CVE-2014-4975

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 15, 2014
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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