Is webrick affected by CVE-2008-4310?

RubyGems webrick is affected in <1.3.1.

Is CVE-2008-4310 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 13.6%.

high

CVE-2008-4310

Q: Is CVE-2008-4310 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 13.6%.

RubyGems · webrick

Summary

WEBrick Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity: high
EPSS: 13.6% (p96)
Also known as: GHSA-wfrc-r6c6-7j9r
Published: 2022-05-02

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4310
https://github.com/ruby/webrick/commit/b2ccd5ff7ddd67a4548299e110dcc5a4728a5534
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470252

Related advisories

CVE-2024-47220 — high · RubyGems/webrick
CVE-2020-25613 — high · RubyGems/webrick
CVE-2017-10784 — high · RubyGems/webrick
CVE-2025-6442 — medium · RubyGems/webrick

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Sources: CISA KEV (public domain), OSV.dev & GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0), FIRST EPSS, NVD/CWE (public domain). Served live from the Stateward advisory database.