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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-6840

In mruby 2.1.0, there is a use-after-free in hash_slice in mrbgems/mruby-hash-ext/src/hash-ext.c.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.50%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

In mruby 2.1.0, there is a use-after-free in hash_slice in mrbgems/mruby-hash-ext/src/hash-ext.c.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.50% probability · 74th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
mruby/mruby
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.50%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.