6.8

CVE-2011-0188: ruby-lang ruby Numeric Errors

Modified
Published 23-03-2011Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-0188 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Numeric Errors vulnerability in ruby-lang ruby. EPSS estimates a 3.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.02%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8
DLA-235-1DLA-88-1RHSA-2011:0908RHSA-2011:0909RHSA-2011:0910RHSA-2026:7305

Timeline

  1. 23-03-2011
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The VpMemAlloc function in bigdecimal.c in the BigDecimal class in Ruby 1.9.2-p136 and earlier, as used on Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.7 and other platforms, does not properly allocate memory, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving creation of a large BigDecimal value within a 64-bit process, related to an "integer truncation issue."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.02%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.02% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ruby-lang1 product
  • ruby≤ 1.9.2-p136 | 1.9 | 1.9:r18423 | 1.9.0 | 1.9.0:r18423 | 1.9.0-0 | 1.9.0-1 | 1.9.0-2 | 1.9.0-20060415 | 1.9.0-20070709 | 1.9.1 | 1.9.1:-p0 | 1.9.1:-p129 | 1.9.1:-p243 | 1.9.1:-p376 | 1.9.1:-p429 | 1.9.1:-preview_1 | 1.9.1:-preview_2 | 1.9.1:-rc1 | 1.9.1:-rc2 | 1.9.2 | 1.9.2:dev

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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