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Ruby Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Vulnerability - CVE-2018-8778 - Vulnerability Database
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Ruby Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Vulnerability - CVE-2018-8778

High
Reference: CVE-2018-8778
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8778
Title: Ruby Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Vulnerability
Overview:

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 Stringunpack method resulting in a massive and controlled information disclosure.