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Vulnerability details: VCID-5bte-uex2-f7du
Vulnerability ID VCID-5bte-uex2-f7du
Aliases CVE-2008-2664
GHSA-c4h6-p7gp-39x2
OSV-46552
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ruby that allow for attacks including arbitrary code execution and Denial of Service.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
System Score Found at
epss 0.06265 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2664
epss 0.06265 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2664
epss 0.06265 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2664
epss 0.06265 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2664
epss 0.06265 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2664
epss 0.06265 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2664
epss 0.06265 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2664
epss 0.06265 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2664
cvssv2 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2664
Reference id Reference type URL
http://blog.phusion.nl/2008/06/23/ruby-186-p230187-broke-your-app-ruby-enterprise-edition-to-the-rescue/
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-2664.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2664
http://secunia.com/advisories/30802
http://secunia.com/advisories/30831
http://secunia.com/advisories/30867
http://secunia.com/advisories/30875
http://secunia.com/advisories/30894
http://secunia.com/advisories/31062
http://secunia.com/advisories/31090
http://secunia.com/advisories/31181
http://secunia.com/advisories/31256
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
http://secunia.com/advisories/33178
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43348
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2626
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.429562
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9646
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00937.html
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/6/21/multiple-ruby-security-vulnerabilities
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0206
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1612
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1618
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:140
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142
http://www.matasano.com/log/1070/updates-on-drew-yaos-terrible-ruby-vulnerabilities/
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0561.html
http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157034
http://www.rubyinside.com/june-2008-ruby-security-vulnerabilities-927.html
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493688/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29903
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020347
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-621-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1907/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references
http://www.zedshaw.com/rants/the_big_ruby_vulnerabilities.html
450834 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450834
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2008-2664 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2664
GLSA-200812-17 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200812-17
RHSA-2008:0561 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0561
RHSA-2008:0562 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0562
USN-621-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/621-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2664
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.90872
EPSS Score 0.06265
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:01:36.937106+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200812-17 38.0.0