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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-2337 · published 7 October 2005

CVE-2005-2337: Yukihiro matsumoto ruby vulnerability

YYukihiro Matsumoto · Ruby

Ruby 1.6.x up to 1.6.8, 1.8.x up to 1.8.2, and 1.9.0 development up to 2005-09-01 allows attackers to bypass safe level and taint flag protections and execute disallowed code when Ruby processes a program through standard input (stdin).

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 3.3% · top 12.1%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
3.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
56References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Ruby 1.6.x up to 1.6.8, 1.8.x up to 1.8.2, and 1.9.0 development up to 2005-09-01 allows attackers to bypass safe level and taint flag protections and execute disallowed code when Ruby processes a program through standard input (stdin).

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2362914675/index.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16904 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17094
http://secunia.com/advisories/17098 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17129 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17147 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17285 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20077 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/59
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-860
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-862
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-864 Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-05.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/160012 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:191 Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-799.html
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/20051003.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14909
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17951
http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Sep/1014948.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-195-1
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1779
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22360
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10564
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2362914675/index.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16904 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17094
http://secunia.com/advisories/17098 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17129 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17147 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17285 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20077 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/59
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-860

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-2337), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.