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
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Published
2017-09-15T19:29:00Z
Modified
2025-05-30T18:00:04Z
Severity
  • 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
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Details

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.

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