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ALPINE-CVE-2021-41816
ALPINE-CVE-2021-41816
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
CGI.escape_html in Ruby before 2.7.5 and 3.x before 3.0.3 has an integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow via a long string on platforms (such as Windows) where size_t and long have different numbers of bytes. This also affects the CGI gem before 0.3.1 for Ruby.
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.15 | ruby | 1.8.7, 1.8.7, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | ruby | *, 3.0.2-r0, 2.7.4-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | ruby | 3.0.2-r0, 2.0.0_p353-r2, 2.0.0_p481-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.12 | ruby | 2.7.4-r0, 2.7.3-r0, 2.7.2-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | ruby | 2.2.4-r0, 1.8.7_p160-r2, 1.8.7_p160-r3 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | ruby | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | ruby | 2.6.5-r0, 2.6.5-r2, 2.6.6-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | ruby | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | ruby | *, 2.0.0, 2.0.0 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | ruby | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | ruby | 2.4.1-r2, 2.4.1-r3, 2.4.1-r4 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | ruby | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Feb 6, 2022 CVE Published
- Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch