Is CVE-2008-2725 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-2725 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-2725?

CVE-2008-2725 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-2725?

CVE-2008-2725 has an EPSS score of 3.70% (88th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-2725?

Upgrade Ruby 3.0 to 1.8.5.231 or later. Fixes are available for 6 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-2725

HIGHEPSS 88th pctl

7.8

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Integer overflow in the (1) rb_ary_splice function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, and 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22; and (2) the rb_ary_replace function in 1.6.x allows context-dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption via unspecified vectors, aka the "REALLOC_N" variant, a different issue than CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2663, and CVE-2008-2664. NOTE: as of 20080624, there has been inconsistent usage of multiple CVE identifiers related to Ruby. The CVE description should be regarded as authoritative, although it is likely to change.

CWE-189

How to fix

Remediation Available

Ruby 3.0Windows application

Affected:1.8.5 1.8.5.231Fixed in:1.8.5.231RubyInstaller Team

Affected:1.8.6 1.8.6.230Fixed in:1.8.6.230RubyInstaller Team

Affected:1.8.7 1.8.7.22Fixed in:1.8.7.22RubyInstaller Team

Ruby 3.1Windows application

Affected:1.8.5 1.8.5.231Fixed in:1.8.5.231RubyInstaller Team

Affected:1.8.7 1.8.7.22Fixed in:1.8.7.22RubyInstaller Team

Affected:1.8.6 1.8.6.230Fixed in:1.8.6.230RubyInstaller Team

Ruby 3.2Windows application

Affected:1.8.7 1.8.7.22Fixed in:1.8.7.22RubyInstaller Team

Affected:1.8.5 1.8.5.231Fixed in:1.8.5.231RubyInstaller Team

Affected:1.8.6 1.8.6.230Fixed in:1.8.6.230RubyInstaller Team

Ruby 3.2 with MSYS2Windows application

Affected:1.8.7 1.8.7.22Fixed in:1.8.7.22RubyInstaller Team

Affected:1.8.6 1.8.6.230Fixed in:1.8.6.230RubyInstaller Team

Affected:1.8.5 1.8.5.231Fixed in:1.8.5.231RubyInstaller Team

Ruby 3.3Windows application

Affected:1.8.5 1.8.5.231Fixed in:1.8.5.231RubyInstaller Team

Affected:1.8.6 1.8.6.230Fixed in:1.8.6.230RubyInstaller Team

Affected:1.8.7 1.8.7.22Fixed in:1.8.7.22RubyInstaller Team

Ruby 3.3 with MSYS2Windows application

Affected:1.8.6 1.8.6.230Fixed in:1.8.6.230RubyInstaller Team

Affected:1.8.5 1.8.5.231Fixed in:1.8.5.231RubyInstaller Team

Affected:1.8.7 1.8.7.22Fixed in:1.8.7.22RubyInstaller Team

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

3.70%probability of exploitation in 30 days

88thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 88% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-189 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-1538	High	10.0	99%	-	-
CVE-2006-3747	High	7.6	96%	-	Fix
CVE-2007-0071	High	9.3	93%	-	-
CVE-2015-3829	High	10.0	90%	-	-
CVE-2015-3864	High	10.0	87%	-	-
CVE-2015-1539	High	10.0	86%	-	-

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