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medium 6.8

CVE-2010-3928 json

Ruby Version Manager (RVM) before 1.2.1 writes file contents to a terminal without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow r…

published 15y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-3906

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-3928 updated cvss 6.8

rubygem-rvm: escape sequence injection vulnerability

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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Sources

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