CVE-2017-0898
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0898
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-0898.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-0898
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-09-15T19:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-14T14:35:02Z
- Severity
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- 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Ruby before 2.4.2, 2.3.5, and 2.2.8 is vulnerable to a malicious format string which contains a precious specifier (*) with a huge minus value. Such situation can lead to a buffer overrun, resulting in a heap memory corruption or an information disclosure from the heap.
- References
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100862
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039363
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
- https://github.com/mruby/mruby/issues/3722
- https://hackerone.com/reports/212241
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-18
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4031
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2017/09/14/sprintf-buffer-underrun-cve-2017-0898/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/ruby/ruby
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/ruby/ruby
- Events
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