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CVE-2014-6438

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 4.13% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-09-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2014-6438
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.13%

Original NVD Description

The URI.decode_www_form_component method in Ruby before 1.9.2-p330 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (catastrophic regular expression backtracking, resource consumption, or application crash) via a crafted string.

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