CVE-2012-4464

Ruby 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286 and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted…

published April 25, 2013

CVSS
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EPSS
2%
Percentile
82.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Ruby 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286 and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted strings via the (1) exc_to_s or (2) name_err_to_s API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4466. NOTE: this issue might exist because of a CVE-2011-1005 regression.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02180 · 82.1th percentile
Published
2013-04-25T23:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 APR 23:00Z
    Ruby 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286 and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted…
    cvelistv5