CVE-2016-2337

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 06 Jan 2017, 21:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 23:24

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.8% LOW
1% probability -0.02%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Jan 2017, 21:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 23:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Type confusion exists in _cancel_eval Ruby's TclTkIp class method. Attacker passing different type of object than String as "retval" argument can cause arbitrary code execution.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.80%• Percentile: 74%

Affected Systems

  • ruby-lang•ruby

    2.2.2 | 2.3.0

  • ruby•ruby

    2.3.0 dev | 2.2.2

  • tcl•tcl\/tk

    8.6 or later

References (4)