01 Record
CVE-2012-4466
Ruby 1.8.7 before patchlevel 371, 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286, and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted strings via the
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Ruby 1.8.7 before patchlevel 371, 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286, and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted strings via the
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-04-25 23:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cfb36465bf7372670ed97d83735d9aff8ee84e22da0efd0e96e21d8380534fae
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121002 CVE Request: Ruby safe level bypasseshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/02/4
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:124http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:124
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121003 Re: CVE Request: Ruby safe level bypasseshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/9
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862614
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-15376http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089554.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-15395http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089887.html
- www.ruby-lang.orghttp://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2012/10/12/cve-2012-4464-cve-2012-4466/
- svn.ruby-lang.orghttp://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=37068
- wiki.mageia.orghttps://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0294