Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 6, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-2337

Description

Type confusion exists in _cancel_eval Ruby's TclTkIp class method. Attacker passing different type of object than String as "retval" argument can cause arbitrary code execution.

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Affected products

Ruby Lang/Ruby3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2.3.0 dev
ruby-git/ruby-gitllm-fuzzy
Tcl Tk/Tcl\/tkcpe-rescue
Range: 8.6 or later

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0031/nvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91233nvd
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00028.htmlnvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-18nvd

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