---
engine: ruby
cve: 2009-1904
osvdb: 55031
url: http://www.osvdb.org/show/osvdb/55031
title: Ruby BigDecimal Library Float Data Type Conversion String Argument Handling
  DoS
date: 2009-06-10
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.
cvss_v2: 5.0
patched_versions:
  - ~> 1.8.6.369
  - ">= 1.8.7.174"