VDB
GHSA-mvgc-rxvg-hqc6
GHSA-mvgc-rxvg-hqc6
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 10, 2022
There is a buffer over-read in Ruby before 2.6.10, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, 3.x before 3.0.4, and 3.1.x before 3.1.2. It occurs in String-to-Float conversion, including Kernel#Float and String#to_f.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Timeline
- May 10, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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The same record, from the CLI:
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28739 advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00012.html url
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-28739 url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-27 url
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220624-0002 url
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2022/04/12/buffer-overrun-in-string-to-float-cve-2022-28739 url
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1248108 url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00000.html url
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 url
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213493 url
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28 url
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213494 url
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/29 url
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/30 url
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 url
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/42 url