CVE-2014-9490
sentry-raven allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large exponent value in a scientific number
CVE-2014-9490 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Getsentry Raven-ruby, published January 20, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.41%, the 84th percentile. Fixed in sentry-raven 0.12.2.
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2014-9490- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2014-9490- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0214 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2017-0214- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c9c5-9fpr-m882 No score
sentry-raven allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large exponent value in a scientific number
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.
- Record
GHSA-c9c5-9fpr-m882- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-c9c5-9fpr-m882 No score
sentry-raven allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large exponent value in a scientific number
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.
- Record
GHSA-c9c5-9fpr-m882- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
sentry-ravenRubyGems |
before 0.12.2 | 0.12.2 |
sentry-ravenRubyGems |
before 0.12.2, plus listed versions 0.10.10.10.11.10.11.20.12.0 Show 23 moreShow less0.12.10.20.30.3.10.4.00.4.10.4.20.4.30.4.40.4.50.4.60.4.70.4.80.5.00.6.00.6.10.7.10.8.00.9.00.9.10.9.20.9.30.9.4 |
0.12.2 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
github.com/getsentry/raven-ruby/commit/477ee93a3f735be33bc1e726820654cdf6e22d8f
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99687
seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/26
groups.google.com/forum
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9490