CVE-2017-16516
Severity Score
7.5
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
1
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
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*SSVC
Descriptions
In the yajl-ruby gem 1.3.0 for Ruby, when a crafted JSON file is supplied to Yajl::Parser.new.parse, the whole ruby process crashes with a SIGABRT in the yajl_string_decode function in yajl_encode.c. This results in the whole ruby process terminating and potentially a denial of service.
En la gema yajl-ruby 1.3.0 para Ruby, cuando se envía un archivo JSON manipulado a Yajl::Parser.new.parse, todo el proceso de ruby sufre un cierre inesperado con un SIGABRT en la función yajl_string_decode en yajl_encode.c. Esto tiene como resultado que todo el proceso de ruby finalice y posiblemente se provoque una denegación de servicio.
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Timeline
- 2017-11-03 CVE Reserved
- 2017-11-03 CVE Published
- 2023-08-06 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-05 First Exploit
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-134: Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
CAPEC
References (5)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00010.html | Mailing List |
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| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00013.html | Mailing List |
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| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00003.html | Mailing List |
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| https://rubygems.org/gems/yajl-ruby | Third Party Advisory |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/issues/176 | 2024-08-05 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Yajl-ruby Project Search vendor "Yajl-ruby Project" | Yajl-ruby Search vendor "Yajl-ruby Project" for product "Yajl-ruby" | 1.3.0 Search vendor "Yajl-ruby Project" for product "Yajl-ruby" and version "1.3.0" | ruby |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 7.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "7.0" | - |
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