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CVE-2015-7551

HIGH · CVSS 8.4 EPSS 0.50% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-03-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2015-7551
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.4
EPSS
0.50%

Original NVD Description

The Fiddle::Handle implementation in ext/fiddle/handle.c in Ruby before 2.0.0-p648, 2.1 before 2.1.8, and 2.2 before 2.2.4, as distributed in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 and other products, mishandles tainting, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted string, related to the DL module and the libffi library. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2009-5147 regression.