CVE-2010-3928

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-01-20 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Wayneeseguin Ruby Version Manager: through 1.2.0

References

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

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