CVE-2021-41816
Apache Ruby Buffer Overflow
Description
CGI.escape_html in Ruby before 2.7.5 and 3.x before 3.0.3 has an integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow via a long string on platforms (such as Windows) where size_t and long have different numbers of bytes. This also affects the CGI gem before 0.3.1 for Ruby.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 6, 2022, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 6:26 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2021-41816
vulnerability.
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products
that
are
affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2021-41816.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2021-41816 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2021-41816 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://hackerone.com/reports/1328463 Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IUXQCH6FRKANCVZO2Q7D2SQX33FP3KWN/ Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UTOJGS5IEFDK3UOO7IY4OTTFGHGLSWZF/ Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-27 Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220303-0006/ Added Reference https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41816 Added Reference https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/11/24/buffer-overrun-in-cgi-escape_html-cve-2021-41816/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 24, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-27 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IUXQCH6FRKANCVZO2Q7D2SQX33FP3KWN/ [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UTOJGS5IEFDK3UOO7IY4OTTFGHGLSWZF/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UTOJGS5IEFDK3UOO7IY4OTTFGHGLSWZF/ Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IUXQCH6FRKANCVZO2Q7D2SQX33FP3KWN/ -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 10, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IUXQCH6FRKANCVZO2Q7D2SQX33FP3KWN/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IUXQCH6FRKANCVZO2Q7D2SQX33FP3KWN/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UTOJGS5IEFDK3UOO7IY4OTTFGHGLSWZF/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UTOJGS5IEFDK3UOO7IY4OTTFGHGLSWZF/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 08, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UTOJGS5IEFDK3UOO7IY4OTTFGHGLSWZF/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IUXQCH6FRKANCVZO2Q7D2SQX33FP3KWN/ [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 30, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220303-0006/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220303-0006/ Third Party Advisory -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 03, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220303-0006/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 14, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://hackerone.com/reports/1328463 No Types Assigned https://hackerone.com/reports/1328463 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41816 No Types Assigned https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41816 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/11/24/buffer-overrun-in-cgi-escape_html-cve-2021-41816/ No Types Assigned https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/11/24/buffer-overrun-in-cgi-escape_html-cve-2021-41816/ Exploit, Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-190 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:cgi:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.3.1 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:cgi:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* versions up to (including) 0.2.0 OR cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.0 up to (excluding) 3.0.3 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:cgi:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* versions up to (including) 0.1.0 OR cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.7.0 up to (excluding) 2.7.5
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-41816 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-41816
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.10 }} -0.35%
score
0.84212
percentile