Buffer Over-read Vulnerability in Ruby's String-to-Float Conversion

Buffer Over-read Vulnerability in Ruby's String-to-Float Conversion

CVE-2022-28739 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

There is a buffer over-read in Ruby before 2.6.10, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, 3.x before 3.0.4, and 3.1.x before 3.1.2. It occurs in String-to-Float conversion, including Kernel#Float and String#to_f.

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