CVE-2017-0898

CriticalCVSS 9.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-134

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Sep 15, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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