CVE-2024-27280
A buffer-overread issue was discovered in StringIO 3.0.1, as distributed in Ruby 3.0.x through 3.0.6 and 3.1.x through 3.1.4. The ungetbyte and ungetc methods on a StringIO can read past the end of a string, and a subsequent call to StringIO.gets may return the memory value. 3.0.3 is the main fixed version; however, for Ruby 3.0 users, a fixed version is stringio 3.0.1.1, and for Ruby 3.1 users, a fixed version is stringio 3.0.1.2.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
7 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
A buffer-overread issue was discovered in StringIO 3.0.1, as distributed in Ruby 3.0.x through 3.0.6 and 3.1.x through 3.1.4. The ungetbyte and ungetc methods on a StringIO can read past the end of a string, and a subsequent call to StringIO.gets may return the memory value. 3.0.3 is the main fixed version; however, for Ruby 3.0 users, a fixed version is stringio 3.0.1.1, and for Ruby 3.1 users, a fixed version is stringio 3.0.1.2.
An issue was discovered in StringIO 3.0.1, as distributed in Ruby 3.0.x through 3.0.6 and 3.1.x through 3.1.4. The `ungetbyte` and `ungetc` methods on a StringIO can read past the end of a string, and a subsequent call to `StringIO.gets` may return the memory value. This vulnerability is not affected StringIO 3.0.3 and later, and Ruby 3.2.x and later. We recommend to update the StringIO gem to version 3.0.3 or later. In order to ensure compatibility with bundled version in older Ruby series, you may update as follows instead: * For Ruby 3.0 users: Update to `stringio` 3.0.1.1 * For Ruby 3.1 users: Update to `stringio` 3.1.0.2 You can use `gem update stringio` to update it. If you are using bundler, please add `gem "stringio", ">= 3.0.1.2"` to your `Gemfile`.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1399856
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250502-0003/
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/03/21/buffer-overread-cve-2024-27280/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/53
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/54
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/55
- https://github.com/ruby/stringio
- https://github.com/ruby/stringio/commit/0e596524097706263d10900ca180898e4a8f5233
- https://github.com/ruby/stringio/commit/c58c5f54f1eab99665ea6a161d29ff6a7490afc8
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/stringio/CVE-2024-27280.yml
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00000.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/27LUWREIFTP3MQAW7QE4PJM4DPAQJWXF
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XYDHPHEZI7OQXTQKTDZHGZNPIJH7ZV5N
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27280
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250502-0003
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/03/21/buffer-overread-cve-2024-27280