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CVE-2008-2664
The rb_str_format function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22, and 1.9.0…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 4.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The rb_str_format function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22, and 1.9.0 before 1.9.0-2 allows context-dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption via unspecified vectors related to alloca, a different issue than CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2663, and CVE-2008-2725. NOTE: as of 20080624, there has been inconsistent usage of multiple CVE identifiers related to Ruby. The CVE description should be regarded as authoritative, although it is likely to change.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- SUSE-SR:2008:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31090 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/6/21/multiple-ruby-security-vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:141 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 30875 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ruby-rbstrformat-code-execution(43348) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1981 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1907 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-1618 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 31687 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30894 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31062 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31256 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080626 rPSA-2008-0206-1 ruby (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.matasano.com/log/1070/updates-on-drew-yaos-terrible-ruby-vulnerabilities/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SSA:2008-179-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2008-06-30 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 1020347 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.rubyinside.com/june-2008-ruby-security-vulnerabilities-927.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0206 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-5649 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:140 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 30802 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30831 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9646 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0561 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2626 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1612 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- GLSA-200812-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 33178 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29903 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.zedshaw.com/rants/the_big_ruby_vulnerabilities.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 30867 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:142 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157034 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://blog.phusion.nl/2008/06/23/ruby-186-p230187-broke-your-app-ruby-enterprise-edition-to-the-rescue/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-621-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 31181 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-2659 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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