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CVE-2014-3916

score
<0.1
cvss
5.0
epss
1.4%
published
2014-11-16
kev added
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first seen

Ruby 1.9.3, 2.0.0, and 2.1 contain a denial of service caused by the str_buf_cat function in string.c, letting attackers cause segmentation faults and crashes via a long string, exploit requires sending a long string.

Timeline

How this CVE moved toward exploitation. Chart: last 30 days — trend score, EPSS, community mentions per day; hover the event lane.

events2014-11-16 — PublishedP2026-10-21 — Tracked by OnyxTscore2026-10-21: score <0.1<0.1epss2026-09-22: epss 1.4%2026-09-23: epss 1.4%2026-09-24: epss 1.4%2026-09-25: epss 1.4%2026-09-26: epss 1.4%2026-09-27: epss 1.4%2026-09-28: epss 1.4%2026-09-29: epss 1.4%2026-09-30: epss 1.4%2026-10-01: epss 1.4%2026-10-02: epss 1.4%2026-10-03: epss 1.4%2026-10-04: epss 1.4%2026-10-05: epss 1.4%2026-10-06: epss 1.4%2026-10-07: epss 1.4%2026-10-08: epss 1.4%2026-10-09: epss 1.4%2026-10-10: epss 1.4%2026-10-11: epss 1.4%2026-10-12: epss 1.4%2026-10-13: epss 1.4%2026-10-14: epss 1.4%2026-10-15: epss 1.4%2026-10-16: epss 1.4%2026-10-18: epss 1.4%2026-10-19: epss 1.4%2026-10-20: epss 1.4%2026-10-21: epss 1.4%1.4%mentions/day0no mentions in 30 days2026-09-22today
  1. Published
  2. Tracked by Onyx

Weaknesses

CWE-19

References 5