CVE-2023-33460Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Ruby-yajl

Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.45%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 6
Latest updateDec 14

Description

There's a memory leak in yajl 2.1.0 with use of yajl_tree_parse function. which will cause out-of-memory in server and cause crash.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages15 packages

debiandebian/yajl< r-cran-jsonlite 1.8.8+dfsg-1 (forky)
debiandebian/ruby-yajl< r-cran-jsonlite 1.8.8+dfsg-1 (forky)
Debianyajl_project/yajl< 2.1.0-3+deb11u2+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, Fedora 37, 38

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
yajl vulnerabilities2023-12-14
OSV
yajl vulnerabilities2023-07-18
GHSA
GHSA-cqgm-m7h3-xgwm: There's a memory leak in yajl 22023-06-06
OSV
CVE-2023-33460: There's a memory leak in yajl 22023-06-06

📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
YAJL vulnerabilities2023-12-14
Ubuntu
YAJL vulnerabilities2023-07-18
Microsoft
There's a memory leak in yajl 2.1.0 with use of yajl_tree_parse function. which will cause out-of-memory in server and cause crash.2023-06-13
Red Hat
yajl: Memory leak in yajl_tree_parse function2023-06-06
Debian
CVE-2023-33460: epics-base - There's a memory leak in yajl 2.1.0 with use of yajl_tree_parse function. which ...2023
CVE-2023-33460 — Debian Ruby-yajl vulnerability | cvebase