FKIE_CVE-2016-2336

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-01-06 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:43
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Type confusion exists in two methods of Ruby's WIN32OLE class, ole_invoke and ole_query_interface. Attacker passing different type of object than this assumed by developers can cause arbitrary code execution.
References
cret@cert.orghttp://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0029/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0029/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ruby-lang ruby 2.2.2
ruby-lang ruby 2.3.0
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