cve/2017/CVE-2017-0898.md

### [CVE-2017-0898](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0898)
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### Description

Ruby before 2.4.2, 2.3.5, and 2.2.8 is vulnerable to a malicious format string which contains a precious specifier (*) with a huge minus value. Such situation can lead to a buffer overrun, resulting in a heap memory corruption or an information disclosure from the heap.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://hackerone.com/reports/212241

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.