In Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, an attacker controlling the unpacking format (similar to format string vulnerabilities) can trigger a buffer under-read in the String#unpack method, resulting in a massive and controlled information disclosure.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-04-03T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T07:02:26.126Z

Reserved: 2018-03-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-8778

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-03T22:29:00.773

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:14:17.550

Link: CVE-2018-8778

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-03-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-8778 - Bugzilla