What is CVE-2024-27280?

CVE-2024-27280 is a critical-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-05-14.

How severe is CVE-2024-27280?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-27280 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in N/a

CVE-2024-27280

A buffer-overread issue was discovered in StringIO 3.0.1, as distributed in Ruby 3.0.x through 3.0.6 and 3.1.x through 3.1.4. The ungetbyte and ungetc methods on a StringIO can read past the end of a string, and a subsequent call to String…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.024 (81.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

lifeparticle/Ruby-Cheatsheet

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-27280?: CVE-2024-27280 is a critical-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2024-27280?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-27280 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.