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CVE-2005-2337

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2337 describes a critical vulnerability in multiple versions of Ruby, including 1.6.x, 1.8.x, and 1.9.0 development builds. This flaw allows attackers to bypass Ruby's safe level and taint flag protections, enabling the execution of unauthorized code when the interpreter processes input from standard input. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0326 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: ruby-0:1.6.8-9.EL3.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: ruby-0:1.8.1-7.EL4.2
View patch
debianvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2337Moderate

security flaw

Sep 23, 2005

References

jvn.jp / jp/JVN%2362914675/index.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html
secunia.com / advisories/16904
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17094
secunia.com / advisories/17098
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17129
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17147
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17285
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19130
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20077
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/59
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/22360
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10564
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-860
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-862
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-864
Vendor Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-05.xml
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/160012
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Vendor Advisory
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-799.html
ruby-lang.org / en/20051003.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/14909
securityfocus.com / bid/17951
securitytracker.com / alerts/2005/Sep/1014948.html
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-195-1
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1779