CVE catalog

CVE-2015-7551

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7551

[CVE catalog]

Severity
High · CVSS 8.4CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
Updated
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.50% · Oct 25, 2026

The Fiddle::Handle implementation in ext/fiddle/handle.c in Ruby before 2.0.0-p648, 2.1 before 2.1.8, and 2.2 before 2.2.4, as distributed in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 and other products, mishandles tainting, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted string, related to the DL module and the libffi library. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2009-5147 regression.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Ubunturuby2.014.042.0.0.299-2vulnerable
Ubunturuby2.014.042.0.0.343-1vulnerable
Ubunturuby2.014.042.0.0.343-1ubuntu1vulnerable
Ubunturuby2.014.042.0.0.353-1vulnerable
Ubunturuby2.014.042.0.0.353-1ubuntu1vulnerable
Ubunturuby2.014.042.0.0.484-1ubuntu1vulnerable
Ubunturuby2.014.042.0.0.484-1ubuntu2vulnerable
Ubunturuby2.014.042.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.1vulnerable
Ubunturuby2.014.042.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.2vulnerable
Ubunturuby2.014.042.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.4fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Ubunturuby2.0deb14.042.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.4Not reportedUBUNTU-CVE-2015-7551Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

No matching packages in this catalog.

Observed:

References

[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]