CVE-2016-2339 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Ruby
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 6
Latest updateMay 14
Description
An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the Fiddle::Function.new "initialize" function functionality of Ruby. In Fiddle::Function.new "initialize" heap buffer "arg_types" allocation is made based on args array length. Specially constructed object passed as element of args array can increase this array size after mentioned allocation and cause heap overflow.
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
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-c4w7-m676-pcvp: An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the Fiddle::Function↗2022-05-14
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