Double Free Affecting mruby package, versions <2.1.2-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.99% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-MRUBY-11761030
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed1 Jul 2021

Introduced: 1 Jul 2021

CVE-2020-36401  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 mruby to version 2.1.2-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mruby package and not the mruby package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

mruby 2.1.2 has a double free in mrb_default_allocf (called from mrb_free and obj_free).

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1