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Vulnerability details: VCID-jx79-wpg7-2yaa
Vulnerability ID VCID-jx79-wpg7-2yaa
Aliases CVE-2008-2662
GHSA-6wwf-x53r-5qqq
OSV-46550
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 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
CWE-189 Numeric Errors
System Score Found at
epss 0.02771 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2662
epss 0.02771 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2662
epss 0.02771 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2662
epss 0.02771 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2662
epss 0.02771 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2662
epss 0.02771 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2662
epss 0.02771 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2662
epss 0.02771 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2662
epss 0.02771 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2662
cvssv2 10.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2662
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-2008-2662.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2662
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/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/43345
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%3A11601
https://rubyonrails.org/2008/6/21/multiple-ruby-security-vulnerabilities
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00937.html
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
450821 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450821
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-2008-2662 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2662
GLSA-200812-17 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200812-17
RHSA-2008:0561 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0561
USN-621-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/621-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2662
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 0.85973
EPSS Score 0.02771
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:01:36.915886+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200812-17 38.0.0