CVE-2016-2338

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-2338
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-29 03:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-03-01 16:35:00 UTC
DescriptionAn exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the Psych::Emitter start_document function of Ruby. In Psych::Emitter start_document function heap buffer "head" allocation is made based on tags array length. Specially constructed object passed as element of tags array can increase this array size after mentioned allocation and cause heap overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.2.2 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 2.3.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2016-2338 Ruby Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Cisco Talos - Talos 2016 0032 MISC www.talosintelligence.com
cve-website MISC www.cve.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2158-1] ruby2.1 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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