9.8crit
CVE-2016-2337
Type confusion exists in _cancel_eval Ruby's TclTkIp class method.
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
9.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
6.2%
percentile 94%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Type confusion exists in _cancel_eval Ruby's TclTkIp class method. Attacker passing different type of object than String as "retval" argument can cause arbitrary code execution.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
6.15% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Ruby Ruby
- Tcl Tcl/Tk
References
- talosintelligence.com /reports/TALOS-2016-0031/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/91233 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00028.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
- security.gentoo.org /glsa/201710-18 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-2337
- NVD: CVE-2016-2337
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