CVE-2018-1000201

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Published Jun 22, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

ruby-ffi version 1.9.23 and earlier has a DLL loading issue which can be hijacked on Windows OS, when a Symbol is used as DLL name instead of a String This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in v1.9.24 and later.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ruby-ffi_project:ruby-ffi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-0350	ruby-ffi version 1.9.23 and earlier has a DLL loading issue which can be hijacked on Windows OS, when a Symbol is used as DLL name instead of a String This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in v1.9.24 and later.
Github GHSA	GHSA-2gw2-8q9w-cw8p	Ruby-ffi has a DLL loading issue

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.3% (1.330% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/ffi/ffi/commit/09e0c6076466b4383da7fa4e13f714311109945a
https://github.com/ffi/ffi/commit/e0fe486df0e117ed67b0282b6ada04b7214ca05c

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows

Ruby-ffi Project Ruby-ffi

Weaknesses

CWE-426

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 12:40 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 22, 2018, 6:00 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 12:40 PM
Reserved: Jun 5, 2018, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:32 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 22, 2018, 6:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:32 AM

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