{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7551","details":"The Fiddle::Handle implementation in ext/fiddle/handle.c in Ruby before 2.0.0-p648, 2.1 before 2.1.8, and 2.2 before 2.2.4, as distributed in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 and other products, mishandles tainting, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted string, related to the DL module and the libffi library.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2009-5147 regression.","modified":"2026-01-30T02:22:30.619518Z","published":"2016-03-23T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-3365-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-7551"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7551"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2015/12/16/unsafe-tainted-string-usage-in-fiddle-and-dl-cve-2015-7551/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3365-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7551"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ruby2.0","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.0@2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.4"}]}],"versions":["2.0.0.299-2","2.0.0.343-1","2.0.0.343-1ubuntu1","2.0.0.353-1","2.0.0.353-1ubuntu1","2.0.0.484-1ubuntu1","2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2","2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.1","2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.4","binary_name":"libruby2.0"},{"binary_version":"2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.4","binary_name":"ruby2.0"},{"binary_version":"2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.4","binary_name":"ruby2.0-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.4","binary_name":"ruby2.0-tcltk"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7551.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}