VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-41816
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.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 4.77%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.77%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- 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
- 4.77% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- Affected
- ruby-lang/cgi · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1328463Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IUXQCH6FRKANCVZO2Q7D2SQX33FP3KWN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UTOJGS5IEFDK3UOO7IY4OTTFGHGLSWZF/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41816Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-27
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220303-0006/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/11/24/buffer-overrun-in-cgi-escape_html-cve-2021-41816/Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1328463Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IUXQCH6FRKANCVZO2Q7D2SQX33FP3KWN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UTOJGS5IEFDK3UOO7IY4OTTFGHGLSWZF/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41816Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-27
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220303-0006/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/11/24/buffer-overrun-in-cgi-escape_html-cve-2021-41816/Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.