Off-by-one Error Affecting ruby4.0 package, versions <0:4.0.0-33.3.hum1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.45% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-RUBY40-16079941
  • published16 Apr 2026
  • disclosed9 Jul 2014

Introduced: 9 Jul 2014

CVE-2014-4975  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-193  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 ruby4.0 to version 0:4.0.0-33.3.hum1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:8838.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby4.0 package and not the ruby4.0 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Off-by-one error in the encodes function in pack.c in Ruby 1.9.3 and earlier, and 2.x through 2.1.2, when using certain format string specifiers, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via vectors that trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1