CVE-2017-0898
N/A
Published: September 15, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:58 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRuby
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (13)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100862VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039363Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/mruby/mruby/issues/3722x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://hackerone.com/reports/212241Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-134
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