CVE-2018-16396

N/A
Published: November 16, 2018 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 8%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (16)

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042106
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
x_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/385070
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00020.html

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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