CVE-2017-9050 – nokogiri

Package

Manager: gem
Name: nokogiri
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <1.8.1

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00335 pctl0.55722

Details

Out-of-bounds read in nokogiri libxml2 20904-GITv2.9.4-16-g0741801 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the xmlDictAddString function in dict.c. This vulnerability causes programs that use libxml2, such as PHP, to crash. This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-1839. GitHub is notifying on nokogiri as uses libxml2.

Metadata

Created: 2017-12-13T21:38:24Z
Modified: 2021-06-30T18:05:23Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2017/12/GHSA-8c56-cpmw-89x7/GHSA-8c56-cpmw-89x7.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-125"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-8c56-cpmw-89x7
Finding: F111
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