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CVE-2022-28738

critical

Description

A double free was found in the Regexp compiler in Ruby 3.x before 3.0.4 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2. If a victim attempts to create a Regexp from untrusted user input, an attacker may be able to write to unexpected memory locations.

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220624-0002/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-27

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-28738

https://hackerone.com/reports/1220911

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2022/04/12/double-free-in-regexp-compilation-cve-2022-28738/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-05-09

Updated: 2024-11-21

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: 0.00368