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CVE-2016-2339 (GCVE-0-2016-2339)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-06 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:24
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Summary
An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the Fiddle::Function.new "initialize" function functionality of Ruby. In Fiddle::Function.new "initialize" heap buffer "arg_types" allocation is made based on args array length. Specially constructed object passed as element of args array can increase this array size after mentioned allocation and cause heap overflow.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • heap overflow vulnerability
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Ruby Ruby Affected: 2.3.0 dev
Affected: 2.2.2
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Date Public
2016-06-14 00:00
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