CVE-2014-8080

Exp

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.

Published: 2014-11-03 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-8080 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.49%, 92th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-8080

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8080

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 15.63% 5.49% -10.13%
2 2026-05-31 15.98% 15.63% -0.35%
3 2026-05-18 — 15.98% —

Full EPSS history (25 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8080

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-8080

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-8080

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2014-8080: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-27), 1 atom(s) (dev-lang/ruby); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-8080
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8080
suse low CVE-2014-8080 severity low: SUSE including 41 source package names (4.0.0:libruby2_1-2_1-2.1.2-9.1, 4.0.0:ruby2.1-2.1.2-9.1, …), 170 product×package rows across 59 product lines (Container caasp/v4/velum, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS, … (59 product lines)): Fixed 160, Known Not Affected 10. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8080/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-8080 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (ruby1.8, ruby1.9, ruby1.9.1, ruby2.0, ruby2.1), 36 status rows across 8 suites (lucid, maverick, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily): DNE 18, released 8, ignored 5, needs-triage 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8080

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-8080

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html" target="_blank">CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8080

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opensuse opensuse 12.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby <= 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:p550:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p0:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p125:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p194:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p286:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p383:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p385:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p392:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p426:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p429:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p448:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p545:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p547:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p0:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p195:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p247:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p451:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p481:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p576:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ruby-lang ruby 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8080

URL Tags
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0443.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00035.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00004.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1911.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61607
http://secunia.com/advisories/62050
http://secunia.com/advisories/62748
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3159
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70935
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2397-1
https://support.apple.com/HT205267
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/10/27/rexml-dos-cve-2014-8080/ Exploit Vendor Advisory
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