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CVE-2016-2337
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-01-06T21:59:00.460 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:43:50.917

Summary

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.

Affected products

ruby-lang — ruby

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References

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