{"cve":"CVE-2014-3916","nvd":{"published":"2014-11-16T17:59:04.253","modified":"2026-06-17T00:09:07.880","status":"Modified","description":"The str_buf_cat function in string.c in Ruby 1.9.3, 2.0.0, and 2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a long string.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-19"],"references":["http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/362","http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/375","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67705","https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9709","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93505"],"products":["rubyonrails:rails"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:34:45.729216538+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-3916","score":0.01374,"percentile":0.72018,"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."]}