GHSA-5cqm-crxm-6qpv
Vulnerability from github
Published
2021-12-14 21:36
Modified
2022-07-29 14:18
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Buffer overrun in CGI.escape_html
Details

A buffer overrun vulnerability was discovered in CGI.escape_html. This can lead to a buffer overflow when a user passes a very large string (> 700 MB) to CGI.escape_html on a platform where long type takes 4 bytes, typically, Windows.

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        "name": "cgi"
      },
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  "aliases": [
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    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-12-14T21:34:08Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-02-06T21:15:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-5cqm-crxm-6qpv",
  "modified": "2022-07-29T14:18:05Z",
  "published": "2021-12-14T21:36:20Z",
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    {
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      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-27"
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      "url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41816"
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/g/ruby-security-ann/c/4MQ568ZG47c"
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      "type": "WEB",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  ],
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}


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