cve/2016/CVE-2016-2339.md

### [CVE-2016-2339](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2339)
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### Description

An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the Fiddle::Function.new "initialize" function functionality of Ruby. In Fiddle::Function.new "initialize" heap buffer "arg_types" allocation is made based on args array length. Specially constructed object passed as element of args array can increase this array size after mentioned allocation and cause heap overflow.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0034/

#### Github
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