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Vulnerability details: VCID-9v2s-tv6k-cbey
Vulnerability ID VCID-9v2s-tv6k-cbey
Aliases CVE-2017-0899
GHSA-7gcp-2gmq-w3xh
Summary
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (5)
CWE-150 Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CWE-138 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 9.8 http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
generic_textual CRITICAL http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
generic_textual CRITICAL https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
generic_textual CRITICAL https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
generic_textual CRITICAL https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
generic_textual CRITICAL https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
cvssv3 4.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-0899.json
epss 0.02646 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0899
epss 0.11571 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0899
epss 0.11571 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0899
epss 0.11571 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0899
epss 0.11571 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0899
epss 0.11571 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0899
epss 0.11571 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0899
epss 0.11571 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0899
cvssv3 9.8 https://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
cvssv2 7.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 4.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7gcp-2gmq-w3xh
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1bcbc7fe637b03145401ec9c094066285934a7f1
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1bcbc7fe637b03145401ec9c094066285934a7f1
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ef0aa611effb5f54d40c7fba6e8235eb43c5a491
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ef0aa611effb5f54d40c7fba6e8235eb43c5a491
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://hackerone.com/reports/226335
generic_textual CRITICAL https://hackerone.com/reports/226335
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0899
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0899
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01
generic_textual CRITICAL https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20170907215801/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
generic_textual CRITICAL https://web.archive.org/web/20170907215801/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20170915000000*/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100576#:~:text=1%20snapshot-,11%3A49%3A33,-Note
generic_textual CRITICAL https://web.archive.org/web/20170915000000*/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100576#:~:text=1%20snapshot-,11%3A49%3A33,-Note
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966
Reference id Reference type URL
http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-0899.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-0899
https://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9096
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7798
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0899
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0900
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0901
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0902
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14064
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1bcbc7fe637b03145401ec9c094066285934a7f1
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ef0aa611effb5f54d40c7fba6e8235eb43c5a491
https://hackerone.com/reports/226335
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0899
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01
https://web.archive.org/web/20170907215801/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
https://web.archive.org/web/20170915000000*/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100576#:~:text=1%20snapshot-,11%3A49%3A33,-Note
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100576
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
1487590 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1487590
873802 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=873802
GHSA-7gcp-2gmq-w3xh https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7gcp-2gmq-w3xh
USN-3439-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3439-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-0899.json
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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N 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:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1bcbc7fe637b03145401ec9c094066285934a7f1
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ef0aa611effb5f54d40c7fba6e8235eb43c5a491
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://hackerone.com/reports/226335
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0899
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20170907215801/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20170915000000*/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100576#:~:text=1%20snapshot-,11%3A49%3A33,-Note
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.8513
EPSS Score 0.02646
Published At July 4, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:11:46.479034+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/3439-1/ 36.1.3