CVE-2010-2489
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.1-p429 on Windows might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted ARGF.inplace_mode value that is not properly handled when constructing the filenames of the backup files.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-2494)
- Published
- July 12, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2494 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
- ruby-lang / ruby
References
- http://osdir.com/ml/ruby-talk/2010-07/msg00095.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40442(Vendor Advisory)
- http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_9_1_429/ChangeLog
- http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_9_2_rc1/ChangeLog
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/02/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/02/10
- http://www.osvdb.org/66040
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2010/07/02/ruby-1-9-1-p429-is-released/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41321
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60135
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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