CVE-2019-10780

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Published Jan 22, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 2.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

BibTeX-ruby before 5.1.0 allows shell command injection due to unsanitized user input being passed directly to the built-in Ruby Kernel.open method through BibTeX.open.

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

BibTeX-ruby

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`All versions prior to version 5.1.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bibtex-ruby_project:bibtex-ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-0299	BibTeX-ruby before 5.1.0 allows shell command injection due to unsanitized user input being passed directly to the built-in Ruby Kernel.open method through BibTeX.open.
Github GHSA	GHSA-c5r5-7pfh-6qg6	BibTeX-Ruby vulnerable to OS command injection

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

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Exploit prediction score: 2.8% (2.810% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-BIBTEXRUBY-542602

History

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Subscriptions

Bibtex-ruby Project Bibtex-ruby

Weaknesses

CWE-78

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 10:32 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: snyk
Published: Jan 22, 2020, 1:30 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 10:32 PM
Reserved: Apr 3, 2019, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:11 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 22, 2020, 2:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:11 AM

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