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CVE-2014-8090

The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3 patchlevel 551, 2.0.x before 2.0.0 patchlevel 598, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) a crafted XML document containing an empty string in an entity that is used in a large number of nested entity references, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists…

Severity
Medium 5.0
Published
21 Nov 2014
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
RubyServers and applications · cpe:a:ruby-lang:ruby
  • Version 2.1.4
  • Version 2.1.3
  • Version 2.1.2
  • Version 2.1.1
All 26 release lines
  • Every version up to 1.9.3
  • Version 1.9.3
  • Version 1.9.3-p0
  • Version 1.9.3-p125
  • Version 1.9.3-p194
  • Version 1.9.3-p286
  • Version 1.9.3-p383
  • Version 1.9.3-p385
  • Version 1.9.3-p392
  • Version 1.9.3-p426
  • Version 1.9.3-p429
  • Version 1.9.3-p448
  • Version 1.9.3-p545
  • Version 1.9.3-p547
  • Version 2.0.0
  • Version 2.0.0-p0
  • Version 2.0.0-p195
  • Version 2.0.0-p247
  • Version 2.0.0-p451
  • Version 2.0.0-p481
  • Version 2.0.0-p576
  • Version 2.0.0-p594
  • Version 2.1.1
  • Version 2.1.2
  • Version 2.1.3
  • Version 2.1.4

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8090
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8090