CVE-2019-10780
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 22, 2020 at 01:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:11 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBibtex Ruby
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
BibTeX-ruby before 5.1.0 allows shell command injection due to unsanitized user input being passed directly to the built-in Ruby Kernel.open method through BibTeX.open.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Bibtex Ruby· Bibtex Ruby Projectrubygems
95%v < 5.1.0
Affected range stops below 5.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-BIBTEXRUBY-542602CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78
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