CVE-2015-7551

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 10
Modified
Published: 24 Mar 2016, 01:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 07:51

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
34/100
CVSS Score
8.4 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.23% LOW
0% probability +0.07%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

24 Mar 2016, 01:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 07:51
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The Fiddle::Handle implementation in ext/fiddle/handle.c in Ruby before 2.0.0-p648, 2.1 before 2.1.8, and 2.2 before 2.2.4, as distributed in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 and other products, mishandles tainting, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted string, related to the DL module and the libffi library. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2009-5147 regression.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.4CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.23%• Percentile: 46%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • apple•mac_os_x

    ≤ 10.11.3

  • ruby-lang•ruby

    ≤ 2.0.0-p647 | 2.1.0 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3 | 2.1.4 | 2.1.5 | 2.1.6 | 2.1.7 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.3

References (11)