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CVE-2015-7551

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
24/03/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.40 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
8.40
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.11.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.0.0-p647 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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