CVE-2018-16396
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.1%
Description
An issue was discovered in Ruby before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before 2.4.5, 2.5.x before 2.5.2, and 2.6.x before 2.6.0-preview3. It does not taint strings that result from unpacking tainted strings with some formats.
How to fix CVE-2018-16396
To remediate CVE-2018-16396, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/ruby—upgrade to 2.5.2-r0 or later
Is CVE-2018-16396 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.5.2-r0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |