CVE catalog
CVE-2016-2337
ruby2.1 - security update
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 6.15% · Oct 25, 2026
Type confusion exists in _cancel_eval Ruby's TclTkIp class method. Attacker passing different type of object than String as "retval" argument can cause arbitrary code execution.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.194-8.1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.448-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.448-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.484-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.484-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.0 | 14.04 | 2.0.0.299-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.0 | 14.04 | 2.0.0.343-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.0 | 14.04 | 2.0.0.343-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.0 | 14.04 | 2.0.0.353-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.0 | 14.04 | 2.0.0.353-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.0 | 14.04 | 2.0.0.484-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.0 | 14.04 | 2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.0 | 14.04 | 2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.0 | 14.04 | 2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.0 | 14.04 | 2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.4 | fixed |
| Debian | ruby2.1 | 8 | 2.1.5-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby2.1 | 8 | 2.1.5-2+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby2.1 | 8 | 2.1.5-2+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby2.1 | 8 | 2.1.5-2+deb8u3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby2.1 | 8 | 2.1.5-2+deb8u4 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby2.1 | 8 | 2.1.5-2+deb8u5 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | deb | 14.04 | 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.3 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2337 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.0 | deb | 14.04 | 2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.4 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2337 | Not reported |
| Debian | ruby2.1 | deb | 8 | 2.1.5-2+deb8u5 | Not reported | DLA-1480-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
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