Out-of-bounds Read in Apple Macos
CVE-2022-28739
There is a buffer over-read in Ruby before 2.6.10, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, 3.x before 3.0.4, and 3.1.x before 3.1.2. It occurs in String-to-Float conversion, including Kernel#Float and String#to_f.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.043 (90.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Apple Macos
- Ruby-lang Ruby
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0, 10.0, 11.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-28739?
- CVE-2022-28739 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-05-09.
- How severe is CVE-2022-28739?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-28739 known to be exploited?
- 10 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.