Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-12247",
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    "title": "CVE-2018-12247",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in mruby 1.4.1. There is a NULL pointer dereference in mrb_class, related to certain .clone usage, because mrb_obj_clone in kernel.c copies flags other than the MRB_FLAG_IS_FROZEN flag (e.g., the embedded flag).",
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      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/mruby/mruby/issues/4036",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 387814,
  "published_at": "2018-06-12T14:29:00.32+00:00"
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