A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the Prism parser component of mruby 4.0.0. An attacker can provide a specially crafted Ruby source file that triggers the parser to pass a NULL pointer to nonnull string handling functions, resulting in undefined behavior and application crash.
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History
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:30:00 +0000
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Mruby mruby |
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:45:00 +0000
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| Title | NULL Pointer Dereference in Prism Parser of mruby 4.0.0 | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-476 |
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:15:00 +0000
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| Title | NULL Pointer Dereference in Prism Parser of mruby 4.0.0 | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-476 |
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 02:15:00 +0000
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| Title | NULL Pointer Dereference in Prism Parser of mruby 4.0.0 | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-476 |
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000
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| Description | A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the Prism parser component of mruby 4.0.0. An attacker can provide a specially crafted Ruby source file that triggers the parser to pass a NULL pointer to nonnull string handling functions, resulting in undefined behavior and application crash. | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2026-09-10T21:49:52.229Z
Reserved: 2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2026-79590
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-10T22:17:00.267
Modified: 2026-09-10T22:17:00.267
Link: CVE-2026-79590
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