ALPINE-CVE-2017-0898

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CVE-2017-0898
Published: 15 Sept 2017, 19:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:35

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.1 CRITICAL
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

15 Sept 2017, 19:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:35
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•ruby

    < 2.4.2-r0 | < 2.4.2-r0 | < 2.4.2-r0 | < 2.4.2-r0 | < 2.4.2-r0 | < 2.4.2-r0 | < 2.4.2-r0 | < 2.4.2-r0 | < 2.4.2-r0 | < 2.4.2-r0 | < 2.4.2-r0 | < 2.4.2-r0 | < 2.4.2-r0 | < 2.4.2-r0 | < 2.2.8-r0 | < 2.3.5-r0 | < 2.3.5-r0 | < 2.4.2-r0 | < 2.4.2-r0 | < 2.4.2-r0 | < 2.4.2-r0

References (1)