Critical
Security advisory
Type confusion exists in two methods of Ruby's WIN32OLE class, ole_invoke and ole_query_interface. Attacker passing different type of object than this assumed by developers can cause arbitrary code execution.
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- Affected versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-2336
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 1 Nov 2026, 06:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Type confusion exists in two methods of Ruby's WIN32OLE class, ole_invoke and ole_query_interface. Attacker passing different type of object than this assumed by developers can cause arbitrary code execution.
osv:CVE-2016-2336
Complete source record
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