CVE-2014-0082
actionpack/lib/action_view/template/text.rb in Action View in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.17 converts MIME type strings to symbols during…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 6.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
actionpack/lib/action_view/template/text.rb in Action View in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.17 converts MIME type strings to symbols during use of the :text option to the render method, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by including these strings in headers.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.2% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsactionpackGHSA-7cgp-c3g7-qvrw (opens in a new tab)
References
9
- [rubyonrails-security] 20140218 Denial of Service Vulnerability in Action View when using render :text (CVE-2014-0082) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0215 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 57836 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0306 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0082 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0295 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 57376 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140218 Denial of Service Vulnerability in Action View when using render :text (CVE-2014-0082) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-0186 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-7cgp-c3g7-qvrw (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2014-0082)Record last updated .