CVE-2020-15866

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 21, 2020 at 02:54 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:57 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxMruby

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

mruby through 2.1.2-rc has a heap-based buffer overflow in the mrb_yield_with_class function in vm.c because of incorrect VM stack handling. It can be triggered via the stack_copy function.

Affected

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

95%
v ≤ 2.1.12.1.2 rc

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/mruby/mruby/issues/5042
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00006.html

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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