Security Advisory

CVE-2016-2339

9.8
CRITICAL

Vulnerability Description

An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the Fiddle::Function.new "initialize" function functionality of Ruby. In Fiddle::Function.new "initialize" heap buffer "arg_types" allocation is made based on args array length. Specially constructed object passed as element of args array can increase this array size after mentioned allocation and cause heap overflow.
Published Date January 6, 2017
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory