CVE-2007-6183
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.4%EU EUVD
Format string vulnerability in the mdiag_initialize function in gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialog.c in Ruby-GNOME 2 (aka Ruby/Gnome2) 0.16.0, and SVN versions before 20071127, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the message parameter.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-134
- EPSS score
- 3.4% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2017-0330)
- Published
- November 30, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2017-0330 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ruby gnome2 / ruby gnome2
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453689
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200623
- http://em386.blogspot.com/2007/11/your-favorite-better-than-c-scripting.html
- http://osvdb.org/40774
- http://ruby-gnome2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ruby-gnome2/ruby-gnome2/trunk/gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialog.c?view=log(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27825
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27975
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28022
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28060
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-09.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3407
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1431
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:033
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484240/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26616
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4022
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=402871
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38757
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00214.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00251.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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