CVE-2014-8080
Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—
The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3-p550, 2.0.x before 2.0.0-p594, and 2.1.x before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Base score: 5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 5.54%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 93
- Score date: 10/5/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (4)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0443.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00035.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00004.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1911.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61607
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62050
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62748
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3159
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70935
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2397-1
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/10/27/rexml-dos-cve-2014-8080/
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0443.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00035.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00004.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1911.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61607
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62050
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62748
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3159
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70935
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2397-1
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/10/27/rexml-dos-cve-2014-8080/
Raw JSON (NVD)
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