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high 7.5

CVE-2014-3482 json

SQL Injection in Active Record

published 2014-07-07 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-mhwp-qhpc-h3jm , EUVD-2017-0273

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.3%
EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb in the PostgreSQL adapter for Active Record in Ruby on Rails 2.x and 3.x before 3.2.19 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by leveraging improper bitstring quoting.

Patch / fix

  • rubygems activerecord 3.2.19
  • rails Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:4.1.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3482

  • ruby193-rubygem-activerecord RHEL 1 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:3.2.8-8.2.el6
  • ruby193-rubygem-activerecord RHEL 1 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:3.2.8-8.2.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:0876

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-2014-3482 updated cvss 4.3

rubygem-activerecord: SQL injection vulnerability in 'bitstring' quoting

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 ruby193-rubygem-activerecord Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3 ruby193-rubygem-activerecord
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 ruby193-rubygem-activerecord
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager ruby193-rubygem-activerecord
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) ruby193-rubygem-activerecord 3.2.8-8.2.el6 Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) ruby193-rubygem-activerecord 3.2.8-8.2.el7 Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4) ruby193-rubygem-activerecord 3.2.8-8.2.el6 Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) ruby193-rubygem-activerecord 3.2.8-8.2.el6 Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) ruby193-rubygem-activerecord 3.2.8-8.2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0876
  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 ruby193-rubygem-activerecord Red Hat Software Collections ror40-rubygem-activerecord
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

4.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
rubygems activerecord
>=2.0.0, <3.2.19
3.2.19

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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