Vulnerability in Ruby Gnome2
CVE-2007-6183
Format string vulnerability in the mdiag_initialize function in gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialog.c in Ruby-GNOME 2 (aka Ruby/Gnome2) 0.16.0, and SVN versions before 20071127, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the message parameter.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.034 (88.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ruby Gnome2 — versions 0.16.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-09.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/27825 (third-party-advisory)
- ruby-gnome2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ruby-gnome2/ruby-gnome2/trunk/gtk/src/rb… (Exploit)
- secunia.com/advisories/28022 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26616 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484240/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00214.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3407 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4022 (vdb-entry)