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brew-imap-backup-cve-2018-1000201

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew

Published

2026-08-13 16:59

Modified

2026-08-13 16:59

Summary

Ruby-ffi has a DLL loading issue

Details

ruby-ffi version 1.9.23 and earlier has a DLL loading issue which can be hijacked on Windows OS, when a Symbol is used as DLL name instead of a String This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in v1.9.24 and later.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

URL

Type

	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000201	ADVISORY
	https://github.com/ffi/ffi/commit/09e0c6076466b43…	WEB
	https://github.com/ffi/ffi/commit/e0fe486df0e117e…	WEB
	https://github.com/ffi/ffi	PACKAGE
	https://github.com/ffi/ffi/releases/tag/1.9.24	WEB
	https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/…	WEB

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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "fix": "bump",
        "range_state": "fixed",
        "resource": "ffi",
        "resource_purl": "pkg:gem/ffi@1.17.4",
        "upstream_fixed_in": "1.9.24"
      },
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        "ecosystem": "Homebrew",
        "name": "imap-backup",
        "purl": "pkg:brew/imap-backup"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
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            },
            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ]
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  ],
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    "confidence": "high",
    "source": "matched",
    "strategy": "registry",
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      {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "key": "pkg:gem/ffi@1.17.4",
        "name": "ffi",
        "resource": "ffi",
        "strategy": "registry",
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      }
    ]
  },
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  "id": "BREW-imap-backup-CVE-2018-1000201",
  "modified": "2026-08-13T16:59:45Z",
  "published": "2026-08-13T16:59:45Z",
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
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    }
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Ruby-ffi has a DLL loading issue ",
  "upstream": [
    "GHSA-2gw2-8q9w-cw8p",
    "CVE-2018-1000201"
  ]
}

CVE-2018-1000201 (GCVE-0-2018-1000201)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-22 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 12:40

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/ffi/ffi/commit/e0fe486df0e117e…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/ffi/ffi/commit/09e0c6076466b43…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2018-06-22 00:00

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GHSA-2GW2-8Q9W-CW8P

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2018-08-31 14:55 – Updated: 2023-01-25 22:55

Summary

Ruby-ffi has a DLL loading issue

Details

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "ffi"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.9.24"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-1000201"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-426"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T20:52:04Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "ruby-ffi version 1.9.23 and earlier has a DLL loading issue which can be hijacked on Windows OS, when a Symbol is used as DLL name instead of a String This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in v1.9.24 and later.",
  "id": "GHSA-2gw2-8q9w-cw8p",
  "modified": "2023-01-25T22:55:50Z",
  "published": "2018-08-31T14:55:43Z",
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/ffi/ffi"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Ruby-ffi has a DLL loading issue "
}

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brew-imap-backup-cve-2018-1000201

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew

CVE-2018-1000201 (GCVE-0-2018-1000201)

GHSA-2GW2-8Q9W-CW8P

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