CVE-2018-16396

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 15
Modified
Published: 16 Nov 2018, 18:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 10:24

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
33/100
CVSS Score
8.1 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
3.13% LOW
3% probability -0.16%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Nov 2018, 18:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 10:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in Ruby before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before 2.4.5, 2.5.x before 2.5.2, and 2.6.x before 2.6.0-preview3. It does not taint strings that result from unpacking tainted strings with some formats.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 3.13%• Percentile: 87%

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 18.10

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0 | 9.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux

    6.0 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6

  • ruby-lang•ruby

    ≥ 2.3.0, ≤ 2.3.7 | ≥ 2.4.0, ≤ 2.4.4 | ≥ 2.5.0, ≤ 2.5.1 | 2.6.0:preview1 | 2.6.0:preview2

References (16)