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CVE-2012-2140

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Description

The Mail gem before 2.4.3 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a (1) sendmail or (2) exim delivery.

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rp63-jfmw-532w

https://github.com/mikel/mail/blob/9beb079c70d236a5ad2e1ba95b2c977e55deb7af/CHANGELOG.rdoc

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816352

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=759092

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/26/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/8

http://secunia.com/advisories/48970

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080747.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080648.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080645.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-07-18

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04002

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