7.5

CVE-2017-16516

Exploit

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.

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Yajl-ruby ProjectYajl-ruby Version1.3.0 SwPlatformruby
DebianDebian Linux Version7.0
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 1.29% 0.79
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 7.5 3.9 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd@nist.gov 5 10 2.9
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.