CVE-2018-16396 (GCVE-0-2018-16396)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-11-16 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An issue was discovered in Ruby before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before 2.4.5, 2.5.x before 2.5.2, and 2.6.x before 2.6.0-preview3. It does not taint strings that result from unpacking tainted strings with some formats.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
16 references
Date Public
2018-10-17 00:00
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