CVE-2014-9490

high

Description

The numtok function in lib/raven/okjson.rb in the raven-ruby gem before 0.12.2 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large exponent value in a scientific number.

References

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/getsentry/Cz5bih0ZY1U

https://github.com/getsentry/raven-ruby/commit/477ee93a3f735be33bc1e726820654cdf6e22d8f

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99687

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/26

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-01-20

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0082