CVE-2012-4466

Ruby 1.8.7 before patchlevel 371, 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286, and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level…

published April 25, 2013

CVSS
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EPSS
3%
Percentile
85.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Ruby 1.8.7 before patchlevel 371, 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 name_err_mesg_to_str API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1005.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02619 · 85.3th percentile
Published
2013-04-25T23:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 APR 23:00Z
    Ruby 1.8.7 before patchlevel 371, 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286, and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level…
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