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Ruby Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Vulnerability - CVE-2017-0898 - Vulnerability Database
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Ruby Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Vulnerability - CVE-2017-0898

Critical
Reference: CVE-2017-0898
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0898
Title: Ruby Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Vulnerability
Overview:

Ruby before 2.4.2 2.3.5 and 2.2.8 is vulnerable to a malicious format string which contains a precious specifier () with a huge minus value. Such situation can lead to a buffer overrun resulting in a heap memory corruption or an information disclosure from the heap.