CFME: rails .to_sym symbol DoS
Published Oct 18, 2017
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.04%
Description
Red Hat CloudForms 3 Management Engine (CFME) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via vectors involving calls to the .to_sym rails function and lack of garbage collection of inserted symbols.
Affected products
No data.
- n/a
No data.
CloudForms Management Engine 5
cfme
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| CloudForms Management Engine 5 | cfme | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue affects the versions of cfme as shipped with Red Hat CloudForms 3. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.04% (0.01044) | 62.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.04% (0.01044) | 59.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.43% (0.00432) | 60.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00117) | 47.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.12% (0.00119) | 44.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 52.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 50.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 48.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 27.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (4)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7813 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157872 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7813
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7813
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7813 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157872 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7813 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7813 |
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