CVE-2017-16516 — Use of Externally-Controlled Format String in Project Yajl-ruby
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.7%
top 17.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 3
Latest updateDec 14
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages9 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0