CVE-2017-16516 – yajl-ruby

Package

Manager: gem
Name: yajl-ruby
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <1.3.1

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/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: 0.01294 pctl0.78915

Details

yajl-ruby gem Denial of Service vulnerability 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.

Metadata

Created: 2017-11-28T22:44:42Z
Modified: 2023-08-29T16:04:20Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2017/11/GHSA-wwh7-4jw9-33x6/GHSA-wwh7-4jw9-33x6.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-134"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-wwh7-4jw9-33x6
Finding: F002
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