CVE-2008-2664 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2008-2664?

CVE-2008-2664 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 24 Jun 2008.

Official description

The rb_str_format function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22, and 1.9.0 before 1.9.0-2 allows context-dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption via unspecified vectors related to alloca, a different issue than CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2663, and CVE-2008-2725. 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.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2664?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Ruby-Lang Ruby.

How do I fix CVE-2008-2664?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2008-2664 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2664 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-c4h6-p7gp-39x2.