CVE-2016-2339
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2339
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2339.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2339
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-01-06T21:59:00.493Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-16T01:42:32.273591139Z
- Severity
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- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the Fiddle::Function.new "initialize" function functionality of Ruby. In Fiddle::Function.new "initialize" heap buffer "arg_types" allocation is made based on args array length. Specially constructed object passed as element of args array can increase this array size after mentioned allocation and cause heap overflow.
- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/ruby/ruby
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/ruby/ruby
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.2.2" }, { "last_affected": "2.3.0" } ], "cpe": [ "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ] }