CVE-2010-3928

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2010-3928 · Published 20/01/2011 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2010-3928 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting ruby version manager (wayneeseguin).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ruby version manager wayneeseguin	`≤ 1.2.0`	No fix yet

Description

Ruby Version Manager (RVM) before 1.2.1 writes file contents to a terminal without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted file, related to an "escape sequence injection vulnerability." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN30414126/index.html
jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2011/JVNDB-2011-000005.html
osvdb.org/70521
secunia.com/advisories/42952 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/45841
vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0174 · Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64746

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