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CVE-2016-0751
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-02-16T02:59:05.877 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:38:08.893

Summary

actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/mime_type.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 does not properly restrict use of the MIME type cache, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted HTTP Accept header.

Affected products

rubyonrails — rails

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References

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