CVE-2016-2338 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.15381.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Ruby-lang	Ruby

Configuration 1 [-]

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

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-2158-1	ruby2.1 security update

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0032/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00032.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2338
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221228-0005/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2338

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2020-02-14T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:24:48.961Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-2338

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-29T03:15:11.470

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:48:15.353

Link: CVE-2016-2338

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-09-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2338 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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