Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11743",
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    "title": "CVE-2018-11743",
    "summary": "The init_copy function in kernel.c in mruby 1.4.1 makes initialize_copy calls for TT_ICLASS objects, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (mrb_hash_keys uninitialized pointer and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.",
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                "source": "https://github.com/mruby/mruby/commit/b64ce17852b180dfeea81cf458660be41a78974d",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T13:26:23.351638397Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00006.html",
        "https://github.com/mruby/mruby/commit/b64ce17852b180dfeea81cf458660be41a78974d",
        "https://github.com/mruby/mruby/issues/4027"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 387682,
  "published_at": "2018-06-05T13:29:00.36+00:00"
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