ubuntu-cve-2017-0898
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-09-15 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

Ruby before 2.4.2, 2.3.5, and 2.2.8 is vulnerable to a malicious format string which contains a precious specifier (*) with a huge minus value. Such situation can lead to a buffer overrun, resulting in a heap memory corruption or an information disclosure from the heap.

Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "details": "Ruby before 2.4.2, 2.3.5, and 2.2.8 is vulnerable to a malicious format string which contains a precious specifier (*) with a huge minus value. Such situation can lead to a buffer overrun, resulting in a heap memory corruption or an information disclosure from the heap.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0898",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:08Z",
  "published": "2017-09-15T00:00:00Z",
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    },
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      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
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  ]
}



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