CVE-2022-28738
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BaseFortify

Publication date: 2022-05-09

Last updated on: 2024-11-21

Assigner: MITRE

Description
A double free was found in the Regexp compiler in Ruby 3.x before 3.0.4 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2. If a victim attempts to create a Regexp from untrusted user input, an attacker may be able to write to unexpected memory locations.

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Published
2022-05-09
Last Modified
2024-11-21
Generated
2026-11-02
EPSS Evaluated
2025-08-20
NVD
CVE-2022-28738

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ruby-lang ruby From 3.0.0 (inc) to 3.0.4 (exc)
ruby-lang ruby From 3.1.0 (inc) to 3.1.2 (exc)

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CWE ID Description
CWE-415 The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

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