CVE-2016-2337
N/A
Published: January 6, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsRubyTcl/Tk
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0031/Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00028.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-18Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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