CVE-2016-2336 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Type confusion exists in two methods of Ruby's WIN32OLE class, ole_invoke and ole_query_interface. Attacker passing different type of object than this assumed by developers can cause arbitrary code execution.

Published: 2017-01-06

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Ruby

Ruby

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.3.0 dev`	affected	—
`2.2.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.3.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-3420	Type confusion exists in two methods of Ruby's WIN32OLE class, ole_invoke and ole_query_interface. Attacker passing different type of object than this assumed by developers can cause arbitrary code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01274.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0029/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2336
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2336

History

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Subscriptions

Ruby-lang Ruby

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2017-01-06T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:24:48.901Z

Reserved: 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2336

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-01-06T21:59:00.447

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-2336

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2336 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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