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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2009-1904

CVE-2009-1904

Description

The BigDecimal library in Ruby 1.8.6 before p369 and 1.8.7 before p173 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a string argument that represents a large number, as demonstrated by an attempted conversion to the Float data type.

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Affected products

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  • Ruby Lang/Ruby2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Range: 1.8.6 < p369, 1.8.7 < p173

Patches

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