CVE-2022-4996 (GCVE-0-2022-4996)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-19 23:45
Modified
2026-08-21 16:46
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-1077 - Floating Point Comparison with Incorrect Operator
Summary
A flaw has been found in mruby 3.1.0. Affected is the function udiv of the file bigint.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to floating point comparison with incorrect operator. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a mruby Version: 3.1.0
    cpe:2.3:a:mruby:mruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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