Description
The VpMemAlloc function in bigdecimal.c in the BigDecimal class in Ruby 1.9.2-p136 and earlier, as used on Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.7 and other platforms, does not properly allocate memory, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving creation of a large BigDecimal value within a 64-bit process, related to an "integer truncation issue."
Published: 2011-03-23
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 1.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-88-1 ruby1.8 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-235-1 ruby1.9.1 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-0214 The VpMemAlloc function in bigdecimal.c in the BigDecimal class in Ruby 1.9.2-p136 and earlier, as used on Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.7 and other platforms, does not properly allocate memory, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving creation of a large BigDecimal value within a 64-bit process, related to an "integer truncation issue."
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1377-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
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Apple Mac Os X Mac Os X Server
Redhat Enterprise Linux
Ruby-lang Ruby
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:43:15.487Z

Reserved: 2010-12-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0188

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Status : Modified

Published: 2011-03-23T02:00:06.110

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-0188

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-0188 - Bugzilla

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