CVE-2016-2336 — Type Confusion in Ruby

CWE-843 — Type Confusion5 documents5 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
1.3%
top 20.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
RubyRuby-lang Ruby
Timeline
PublishedJan 6
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Type confusion exists in two methods of Ruby's WIN32OLE class, ole_invoke and ole_query_interface. Attacker passing different type of object than this assumed by developers can cause arbitrary code execution.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5ruby/ruby2.2.2, 2.3.0 dev+1
▶NVDruby-lang/ruby2.2.2, 2.3.0+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-f46g-7w88-2qv4: Type confusion exists in two methods of Ruby's WIN32OLE class, ole_invoke and ole_query_interface↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2016-2336: Type confusion exists in two methods of Ruby's WIN32OLE class, ole_invoke and ole_query_interface↗2017-01-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
ruby: WIN32OLE ole_invoke and ole_query_interface type confusion vulnerabilities↗2016-06-14
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2336 ruby: WIN32OLE ole_invoke and ole_query_interface type confusion vulnerabilities↗2017-01-12
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