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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-11-15T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:34:36.647Z

Reserved: 2014-07-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-4975

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-11-15T20:59:01.453

Modified: 2017-08-29T01:35:10.577

Link: CVE-2014-4975

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-07-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-4975 - Bugzilla