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CVE-2019-16892
In Rubyzip before 1.3.0, a crafted ZIP file can bypass application checks on ZIP entry sizes because data about the uncompressed size can…
Medium5.5EPSS 1.6%
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- mitre
Description
In Rubyzip before 1.3.0, a crafted ZIP file can bypass application checks on ZIP entry sizes because data about the uncompressed size can be spoofed. This allows attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption).
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsrubyzipGHSA-5m2v-hc64-56h6 (opens in a new tab)
References (7)
- https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/pull/403 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-0182d0b304 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-8ecd991303 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-52445dce42 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- RHBA-2019:4047 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:4201 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/commit/d65fe7bd283ec94f9d6dc7605f61a6b0dd00f55e (opens in a new tab)x_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-5m2v-hc64-56h6 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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