CVE-2008-2664

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update

mediumEPSS 4.3%

Description

The rb_str_format function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22, and 1.9.0 before 1.9.0-2 allows context-dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption via unspecified vectors related to alloca, a different issue than CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2663, and CVE-2008-2725. NOTE: as of 20080624, there has been inconsistent usage of multiple CVE identifiers related to Ruby. The CVE description should be regarded as authoritative, although it is likely to change.

Metrics

Severity
medium
no public PoC known
90.5 %
Critical — this CVE ranks in the top fifth of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 80%).
4.3 %
Moderate — model estimates 1-10% exploitation likelihood.
Published
2026-04-17 23:15 UTC

Affected operating systems

  • linux

    debian / debian_linux10.0

  • linux

    debian / debian_linux11.0

  • linux

    debian / debian_linux9.0

  • linux

    ubuntu / ruby2.3xenial

  • macos

    apple / macos

  • other

    fedoraproject / fedora36

  • other

    fedoraproject / fedora37

  • other

    fedoraproject / fedora38

Affected products

Products and version ranges extracted from the vendor/CERT advisory. A range like „<4.14.6“ implies the update recommendation „upgrade to 4.14.6 or later“.

  • bitnami

    ruby-min2.6.0

  • bitnami

    ruby-min2.7.0

  • bitnami

    ruby-min3.0.0

  • bitnami

    ruby-min3.1.0

  • bitnami

    ruby-min3.2.0

  • bitnami

    ruby-min3.3.0

  • bitnami

    ruby-min

  • maven

    org.jruby:jruby0.8.3

  • maven

    org.jruby:jruby0.9.1

  • maven

    org.jruby:jruby0.9.2

  • maven

    org.jruby:jruby0.9.8

  • maven

    org.jruby:jruby0.9.9

  • maven

    org.jruby:jruby1.0

  • maven

    org.jruby:jruby1.0.1

  • maven

    org.jruby:jruby1.0.2

  • maven

    org.jruby:jruby1.0.3

  • maven

    org.jruby:jruby1.0RC1

  • maven

    org.jruby:jruby1.0RC2

  • maven

    org.jruby:jruby1.0RC3

  • maven

    org.jruby:jruby1.1

  • maven

    org.jruby:jruby1.1.1

  • maven

    org.jruby:jruby1.1.2

  • maven

    org.jruby:jruby1.1.3

  • maven

    org.jruby:jruby1.1.4

References & sources

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IDCVE-2008-2664