CVE-2014-8080: canonical ubuntu_linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-8080 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 5.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 1Timeline
- 03-11-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3-p550, 2.0.x before 2.0.0-p594, and 2.1.x before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
5.64%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.11 pp
From 5.54% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (ruby-lang.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Mageia2 products
- ruby< 1.9.3.p550-1.mga3
- ruby< 2.0.0.p594-1.mga4
Ubuntu2 products
- ruby1.9.1< 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1
- ruby2.0< 2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.1
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL12.04 | 14.04 | 14.10
Opensuse1 product
- opensuseEOL12.3 | 13.1
Redhat1 product
- enterprise_linuxEOL6.0 | 7.0
Ruby-lang1 product
- rubyEOL≤ 1.9.3 | 1.9.3 | 1.9.3:p0 | 1.9.3:p125 | 1.9.3:p194 | 1.9.3:p286 | 1.9.3:p383 | 1.9.3:p385 | 1.9.3:p392 | 1.9.3:p426 | 1.9.3:p429 | 1.9.3:p448 | 1.9.3:p545 | 1.9.3:p547 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.0:p0 | 2.0.0:p195 | 2.0.0:p247 | 2.0.0:p451 | 2.0.0:p481 | 2.0.0:p576 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3
6 vendors · 8 products
References
27 links- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0443.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/10/27/rexml-dos-cve-2014-8080/X Refsource CONFIRMExploitVendor AdvisoryWEBREPORT
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- support.apple.com/HT205267X Refsource CONFIRM