ALPINE-CVE-2018-16396

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CVE-2018-16396
Published: 16 Nov 2018, 18:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:42

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
8.1 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Nov 2018, 18:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:42
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•ruby

    < 2.5.2-r0 | < 2.5.2-r0 | < 2.5.2-r0 | < 2.5.2-r0 | < 2.5.2-r0 | < 2.5.2-r0 | < 2.5.2-r0 | < 2.5.2-r0 | < 2.5.2-r0 | < 2.5.2-r0 | < 2.5.2-r0 | < 2.5.2-r0 | < 2.5.2-r0 | < 2.3.8-r0 | < 2.3.8-r0 | < 2.4.5-r0 | < 2.4.5-r0 | < 2.5.2-r0 | < 2.5.2-r0

References (1)