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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: Sep 15, 2017
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2017-0898
  • Severity: Critical
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Critical
  • Score: 9.1
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.4
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
ruby-lang / ruby 2.3.4 2.3.4.x
ruby-lang / ruby 2.2.0 2.2.0.x
ruby-lang / ruby 2.4.1 2.4.1.x
ruby-lang / ruby 2.3.2 2.3.2.x
ruby-lang / ruby 2.3.1 2.3.1.x
ruby-lang / ruby 2.3.3 2.3.3.x
ruby-lang / ruby 2.3.0 2.3.0.x
ruby-lang / ruby 2.2.3 2.2.3.x
ruby-lang / ruby 2.2.1 2.2.1.x
ruby-lang / ruby 2.4.0 2.4.0.x
ruby-lang / ruby 2.2.2 2.2.2.x
ruby-lang / ruby 2.2.4 2.2.4.x
ruby-lang / ruby 2.2.5 2.2.5.x
ruby-lang / ruby 2.2.6 2.2.6.x
ruby-lang / ruby 2.2.7 2.2.7.x