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Vulnerability details: VCID-8d7n-bfhu-dkfd
Vulnerability ID VCID-8d7n-bfhu-dkfd
Aliases CVE-2018-1000075
GHSA-74pv-v9gh-h25p
Summary Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop) RubyGems contains an infinite loop caused by negative size vulnerability in ruby gem package tar header that can result in a negative size could cause an infinite loop.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html
generic_textual HIGH http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
generic_textual HIGH http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
generic_textual HIGH https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
generic_textual HIGH https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
generic_textual HIGH https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
generic_textual HIGH https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542
generic_textual HIGH https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591
generic_textual HIGH https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663
generic_textual HIGH https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-1000075.json
epss 0.0176 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-1000075
epss 0.0176 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-1000075
epss 0.0176 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-1000075
epss 0.0176 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-1000075
epss 0.0176 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-1000075
epss 0.0176 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-1000075
epss 0.0176 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-1000075
epss 0.0176 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-1000075
epss 0.0176 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-1000075
epss 0.0176 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-1000075
cvssv3 3.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-74pv-v9gh-h25p
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/jruby/jruby/commit/0b06b48ab4432237ce5fc1bef47f2c6bcf7843f7
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/jruby/jruby/commit/0b06b48ab4432237ce5fc1bef47f2c6bcf7843f7
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/5971b486d4dbb2bad5d3445b3801c456eb0ce183
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/5971b486d4dbb2bad5d3445b3801c456eb0ce183
cvssv3 7.5 https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/92e98bf8f810bd812f919120d4832df51bc25d83
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/92e98bf8f810bd812f919120d4832df51bc25d83
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/92e98bf8f810bd812f919120d4832df51bc25d83
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00000.html
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00000.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00001.html
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00001.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00028.html
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00028.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000075
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000075
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1
generic_textual HIGH https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219
generic_textual HIGH https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
generic_textual HIGH https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
Reference id Reference type URL
http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-1000075.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-1000075
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17405
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17742
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17790
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000073
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000074
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000075
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000076
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000077
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000078
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000079
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6914
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8777
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8778
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8779
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8780
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/jruby/jruby/commit/0b06b48ab4432237ce5fc1bef47f2c6bcf7843f7
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/5971b486d4dbb2bad5d3445b3801c456eb0ce183
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/92e98bf8f810bd812f919120d4832df51bc25d83
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00000.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00001.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00028.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
1547420 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547420
CVE-2018-1000075 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000075
GHSA-74pv-v9gh-h25p https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-74pv-v9gh-h25p
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-1000075.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/jruby/jruby/commit/0b06b48ab4432237ce5fc1bef47f2c6bcf7843f7
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/5971b486d4dbb2bad5d3445b3801c456eb0ce183
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/92e98bf8f810bd812f919120d4832df51bc25d83
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00000.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00001.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00028.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000075
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.82537
EPSS Score 0.0176
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:47:36.709249+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000075.yml 38.0.0