CVE-2018-8778 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2018-8778?

CVE-2018-8778 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 3 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, an attacker controlling the unpacking format (similar to format string vulnerabilities) can trigger a buffer under-read in the String#unpack method, resulting in a massive and controlled information disclosure.

Weakness: CWE-134

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8778?

It affects 4 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2018-8778?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-8778 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8778 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2018-8778, CLEANSTART-2026-MJ93235, GHSA-wvhq-ch4h-8pwr, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8778.