Arabic Prawn allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters

HIGH 7.5CVE-2014-2322 · GHSA-hgmw-x865-hf9x · Published 02/05/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-2322 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting Arabic-Prawn, arabic prawn (dynamixsolutions).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.2%, higher than 82.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
Arabic-Prawn RubyGems	`≤ 0.0.1`	No fix yet
arabic prawn dynamixsolutions	`= 0.0.1`	No fix yet

Description

lib/string_utf_support.rb in the Arabic Prawn 0.0.1 gem for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) downloaded_file or (2) url variable.

NVD description

lib/string_utf_support.rb in the Arabic Prawn 0.0.1 gem for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) downloaded_file or (2) url variable.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2322 · ADVISORY
ozeron/prawn-arabic · PACKAGE
web.archive.org/web/20160306235714/http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/arabic-ruby-gem.html · WEB
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/10/8 · WEB
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/12/6 · WEB
vapid.dhs.org/advisories/arabic-ruby-gem.html · Exploit

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