### [CVE-2014-4975](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4975)
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### Description

Off-by-one error in the encodes function in pack.c in Ruby 1.9.3 and earlier, and 2.x through 2.1.2, when using certain format string specifiers, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via vectors that trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

#### Github
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