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Fencer Intel
medium 5.0

CVE-2014-0082 json

actionpack Improper Input Validation vulnerability

published 2014-02-20 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-7cgp-c3g7-qvrw , EUVD-2017-0186

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.2%
EPSS 6.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

actionpack/lib/action_view/template/text.rb in Action View in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.17 converts MIME type strings to symbols during use of the :text option to the render method, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by including these strings in headers.

Patch / fix

  • rubygems actionpack 3.2.17
  • rails Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.3.14.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0082

  • cfme cloudforms managementengine 5 5.2.2.3-1.el6cf
  • cfme-lib cloudforms managementengine 5 5.2.2.3-1.el6cf
  • ruby193-ruby cloudforms managementengine 5 1.9.3.448-40.1.el6
  • cfme-appliance cloudforms managementengine 5 5.2.2.3-1.el6cf
  • ruby193-ruby-irb cloudforms managementengine 5 1.9.3.448-40.1.el6
  • ruby193-rubygems cloudforms managementengine 5 1.8.23-40.1.el6
  • mingw32-cfme-host cloudforms managementengine 5 5.2.2.3-1.el6cf
  • ruby193-ruby-libs cloudforms managementengine 5 1.9.3.448-40.1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:0215RHSA-2014:0306

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-0082 updated cvss 5.0

rubygem-actionpack: Action View string handling denial of service

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 ruby193-rubygem-actionpack
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3 ruby193-rubygem-actionpack Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 ruby193-rubygem-actionpack Red Hat Satellite 6 ruby193-rubygem-actionpack
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager ruby193-rubygem-actionpack
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Management Engine cfme 5.2.2.3-1.el6cf, cfme-lib 5.2.2.3-1.el6cf, cfme-appliance 5.2.2.3-1.el6cf, ruby193-ruby 1.9.3.448-40.1.el6, ruby193-rubygems 1.8.23-40.1.el6, mingw32-cfme-host 5.2.2.3-1.el6cf, +13 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0215
  • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) ruby193-rubygem-actionpack 3.2.8-5.3.el6 Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) ruby193-rubygem-actionpack 3.2.8-5.3.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0306
  • Red Hat Software Collections ror40-rubygem-actionpack
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

6.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
rubygems actionpack
>=3.0.0, <3.2.17
3.2.17

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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