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01 Record

CVE-2016-2336

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: certcc
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 Description

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

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
3.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 88.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Important. 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
2017-01-06 21:00Z9 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 23:24Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2016-02-12
Assigning CNA
certcc
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
f02e33ee84d7fb1a69b2c504f0b96ffe038a87c642f48474c91cefa0e1c8e771

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
RubyRuby2.3.0 dev, 2.2.2—

06 References