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CVE-2017-0898

Ruby before 2.4.2, 2.3.5, and 2.2.8 is vulnerable to a malicious format string which contains a precious specifier (*) with a huge minus value. Such situation can lead to a buffer overrun, resulting in a heap memory corruption or an information disclosure from the heap.

Published

2017-09-15T19:29:00.190

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.1 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-134
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-134
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.2.0 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.2.1 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.2.2 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.2.3 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.2.4 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.2.5 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.2.6 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.2.7 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.3.0 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.3.1 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.3.2 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.3.3 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.3.4 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.4.0 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.4.1 Yes
References