{"cve":"CVE-2008-3790","nvd":{"published":"2008-08-27T20:41:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:56:32.783","status":"Modified","description":"The REXML module in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p287, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p72, and 1.9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML document with recursively nested entities, aka an \"XML entity explosion.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/19f69e8a081fc0d1/e138e014b74352ca","http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/31602","http://secunia.com/advisories/32165","http://secunia.com/advisories/32219"],"products":["ruby-lang:ruby"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-3790","score":0.15197,"percentile":0.96753,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}