CVE-2008-2725

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 7
Modified
Published: 24 Jun 2008, 19:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 09:14

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.5% LOW
2% probability -0.67%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

24 Jun 2008, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 09:14
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Integer overflow in the (1) rb_ary_splice function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, and 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22; and (2) the rb_ary_replace function in 1.6.x allows context-dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption via unspecified vectors, aka the "REALLOC_N" variant, a different issue than CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2663, and CVE-2008-2664. NOTE: as of 20080624, there has been inconsistent usage of multiple CVE identifiers related to Ruby. The CVE description should be regarded as authoritative, although it is likely to change.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.50%• Percentile: 86%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-189•Numeric Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    6.06 | 7.04 | 7.10 | 8.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    4.0

  • ruby-lang•ruby

    ≤ 1.8.4 | ≥ 1.8.5, < 1.8.5.231 | ≥ 1.8.6, < 1.8.6.230 | ≥ 1.8.7, < 1.8.7.22

References (43)