CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-2336

Published: Jan 06, 2017 | Modified: Jan 11, 2017
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
8.1 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Type confusion exists in two methods of Rubys WIN32OLE class, ole_invoke and ole_query_interface. Attacker passing different type of object than this assumed by developers can cause arbitrary code execution.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ruby Ruby-lang 2.2.2 (including) 2.2.2 (including)
Ruby Ruby-lang 2.3.0 (including) 2.3.0 (including)

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