Vulnerability in Ruby-Lang Ruby

CVE-2011-1005

The safe-level feature in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-420, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-330, and 1.8.8dev allows context-dependent attackers to modify strings via the Exception#to_s method, as demonstrated by changing an intended pathname.

EPSS: 0.028 (84.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Ruby-lang Ruby — versions 1.8.6, 1.8.6-420, 1.8.7
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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