CVE-2015-7551

HIGH

Ruby <2.0.0-p648, <2.1.8, <2.2.4 - Denial of Service

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

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.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796344
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT206167
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796551
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76060

Scores

CVSS v3 8.4
EPSS 0.0050
EPSS Percentile 39.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (14)
apple/mac_os_x < 10.11.3
ruby-lang/ruby 2.1.0
ruby-lang/ruby 2.1.1
ruby-lang/ruby 2.1.2
ruby-lang/ruby 2.1.3
ruby-lang/ruby 2.1.4
ruby-lang/ruby 2.1.5
ruby-lang/ruby 2.1.6
ruby-lang/ruby 2.1.7
ruby-lang/ruby 2.2.0
... and 4 more
Published Mar 24, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026