{"cve":"CVE-2011-0188","nvd":{"published":"2011-03-23T02:00:06.110","modified":"2026-06-16T23:26:58.203","status":"Modified","description":"The VpMemAlloc function in bigdecimal.c in the BigDecimal class in Ruby 1.9.2-p136 and earlier, as used on Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.7 and other platforms, does not properly allocate memory, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving creation of a large BigDecimal value within a 64-bit process, related to an \"integer truncation issue.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-189"],"references":["http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html","http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581","http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/trunk/ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.c?r1=29364&r2=30993","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:097","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:098"],"products":["ruby-lang:ruby"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:57:56.749847046+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-0188","score":0.03025,"percentile":0.87467,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}