CVE-2018-1000075: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a infinite loop caused by negative size vulnerability in ruby gem package tar header that can result in a negative size could cause an infinite loop.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only
• Rubygems Rubygems: up to and including 2.2.9; up to and including 2.3.6; up to and including 2.4.3; up to and including 2.5.0

Published 2018-03-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.