The rb_str_format function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22, and 1.9.0…

Description

The rb_str_format function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22, and 1.9.0 before 1.9.0-2 allows context-dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption via unspecified vectors related to alloca, a different issue than CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2663, and CVE-2008-2725. NOTE: as of 20080624, there has been inconsistent usage of multiple CVE identifiers related to Ruby. The CVE description should be regarded as authoritative, although it is likely to change.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.3% · top 8.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (40)

• SUSE-SR:2008:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 31090 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/6/21/multiple-ruby-security-vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:141 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 30875 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ruby-rbstrformat-code-execution(43348) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1981 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1907 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• DSA-1618 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 31687 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30894 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31062 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31256 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20080626 rPSA-2008-0206-1 ruby (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://www.matasano.com/log/1070/updates-on-drew-yaos-terrible-ruby-vulnerabilities/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• SSA:2008-179-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-06-30 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 1020347 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://www.rubyinside.com/june-2008-ruby-security-vulnerabilities-927.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0206 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-5649 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:140 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 30802 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30831 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9646 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0561 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2626 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-1612 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• GLSA-200812-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 33178 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29903 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://www.zedshaw.com/rants/the_big_ruby_vulnerabilities.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 30867 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:142 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157034 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://blog.phusion.nl/2008/06/23/ruby-186-p230187-broke-your-app-ruby-enterprise-edition-to-the-rescue/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• USN-621-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 31181 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 09:05 UTC.