CVE-2016-2336

critical

Published 2017-01-06 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

7.5

VIR risk

9.8

Description

Type confusion exists in two methods of Ruby's WIN32OLE class, ole_invoke and ole_query_interface. Attacker passing different type of object than this assumed by developers can cause arbitrary code execution.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ruby-lang	ruby	`2.2.2`
ruby-lang	ruby	`2.3.0`

References

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0029/
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0029/

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.