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CVE-2012-2140
The Mail gem before 2.4.3 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a (1) sendmail or (2)…
High7.5EPSS 4.5%
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- redhat
Description
The Mail gem before 2.4.3 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a (1) sendmail or (2) exim delivery.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.6% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsmailGHSA-rp63-jfmw-532w (opens in a new tab)
References (11)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816352 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-7535 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/ac56f03bdfc30b379aeecd4ff317d08fdaa328c2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120425 CVE request: two flaws fixed in rubygem-mail 2.4.4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-7692 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=759092 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 48970 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/39b590ddb08f90ddbe445837359a2c8843e533d0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/mikel/mail/blob/9beb079c70d236a5ad2e1ba95b2c977e55deb7af/CHANGELOG.rdoc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-7619 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120425 Re: CVE request: two flaws fixed in rubygem-mail 2.4.4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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 Advisory GHSA-rp63-jfmw-532w (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .