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CVE-2015-7551

CVE information

Published

8 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

CVSSv3.1 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

The Fiddle::Handle implementation in ext/fiddle/handle.c in Ruby before 2.0.0-p648, 2.1 before 2.1.8, and 2.2 before 2.2.4, as distributed in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 and other products, mishandles tainting, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted string, related to the DL module and the libffi library. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2009-5147 regression..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
4.6/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
8.4/10
Exploit Score
2.5/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
Impact Score
5.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
High
Availability Impact
High
Integrity Impact
High
Scope
Unchanged
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -