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Fencer Intel
critical 9.8

CVE-2011-5331 json

Distributed Ruby (aka DRuby) 1.8 mishandles instance_eval.

published 2019-11-18 6 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-5230

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Distributed Ruby (aka DRuby) 1.8 mishandles instance_eval.

Exploit prediction

2.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17058 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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