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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41816
DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41816
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
Record from OSV · Published February 6, 2022
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.
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| ruby2.7 | Debian:11 | 2.7.4-1+deb11u1 |
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | ruby2.7 | 0, 2.7.4-1 |
Timeline
- Feb 6, 2022 CVE Published
- Aug 27, 2026 CVE Updated
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