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.
Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL