7.5

CVE-2005-1992: yukihiro_matsumoto ruby

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesRHSA-2005:543DSA-748-1
Published 20-06-2005Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-1992 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in yukihiro_matsumoto ruby. EPSS estimates a 6.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.57%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 20-06-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The XMLRPC server in utils.rb for the ruby library (libruby) 1.8 sets an invalid default value that prevents "security protection" using handlers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.57%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.57% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
6.57%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Redhat8 products
  • irb< 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1
  • ruby< 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1
  • ruby-debuginfo< 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1
  • ruby-devel< 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1
  • ruby-docs< 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.1
Debian1 product
  • ruby1.8< 1.8.2-7sarge1
Yukihiro_matsumoto1 product

3 vendors · 10 products

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