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CVE-2007-6183

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CVE-2007-6183 is a format string vulnerability found in the mdiag_initialize function within Ruby-GNOME 2 versions 0.16.0 and earlier SVN versions. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting format string specifiers into the message parameter. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ruby_gnome2:ruby_gnome2:0.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0338 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: gtk2Fixed in: 0.17.0

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-xgj6-pgrm-x4r2medium

gtk2 vulnerable to Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Oct 24, 2017
redhatCVE-2007-6183Moderate

ruby-gnome2: format string vulnerability

Nov 27, 2007

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
em386.blogspot.com / 2007/11/your-favorite-better-than-c-scripting.html
osvdb.org / 40774
ruby-gnome2.svn.sourceforge.net / viewvc/ruby-gnome2/ruby-gnome2/trunk/gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialog.c
Exploit
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/27825
secunia.com / advisories/27975
secunia.com / advisories/28022
secunia.com / advisories/28060
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200712-09.xml
securityreason.com / securityalert/3407
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/38757
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00214.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00251.html
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1431
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / archive/1/484240/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/26616
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/4022