GHSA-5cqm-crxm-6qpv

Suggest an improvement
Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5cqm-crxm-6qpv
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/12/GHSA-5cqm-crxm-6qpv/GHSA-5cqm-crxm-6qpv.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-5cqm-crxm-6qpv
Aliases
Related
Published
2021-12-14T21:36:20Z
Modified
2024-03-10T05:18:37.963070Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Buffer overrun in CGI.escape_html
Details

A buffer overrun vulnerability was discovered in CGI.escapehtml. This can lead to a buffer overflow when a user passes a very large string (> 700 MB) to CGI.escapehtml on a platform where long type takes 4 bytes, typically, Windows.

Database specific 
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-02-06T21:15:00Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-190"
    ],
    "severity": "CRITICAL",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-12-14T21:34:08Z"
}
References

Affected packages

RubyGems / cgi

Package

Name
cgi
Purl
pkg:gem/cgi

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0.3.0
Fixed
0.3.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.3.0

RubyGems / cgi

Package

Name
cgi
Purl
pkg:gem/cgi

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0.2.0
Fixed
0.2.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.2.0

RubyGems / cgi

Package

Name
cgi
Purl
pkg:gem/cgi

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.1.0.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.1.0