Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 23, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-0188
CVE-2011-0188
Description
The VpMemAlloc function in bigdecimal.c in the BigDecimal class in Ruby 1.9.2-p136 and earlier, as used on Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.7 and other platforms, does not properly allocate memory, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving creation of a large BigDecimal value within a 64-bit process, related to an "integer truncation issue."
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Affected products
23cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 21 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.9.2-p136
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.0-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.0-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.0-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.0-20060415:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.0-20070709:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.0:r18423:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:-p0:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:-p129:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:-p243:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:-p376:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:-p429:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:-preview_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:-preview_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:-rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.2:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9:r18423:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4581nvdPatch
- svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/trunk/ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.cnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdPatch
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0908.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0910.htmlnvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
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