CVE-2022-28738 (GCVE-0-2022-28738)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-09 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 06:03
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Summary
A double free was found in the Regexp compiler in Ruby 3.x before 3.0.4 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2. If a victim attempts to create a Regexp from untrusted user input, an attacker may be able to write to unexpected memory locations.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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