CVE-2017-16516

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 77%
VendorProductVersion
yajl-ruby_projectyajl-ruby
1.3.0
debiandebian_linux
7.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
burp
bullseye
no-dsa
stretch
no-dsa
jessie
no-dsa
bookworm
no-dsa
buster
no-dsa
sid
3.1.4-3.1
fixed
trixie
3.1.4-3.1
fixed
epics-base
bookworm
7.0.3.1-4
no-dsa
stretch
no-dsa
jessie
no-dsa
bullseye
no-dsa
buster
no-dsa
sid
7.0.8.1+dfsg1-2
fixed
trixie
7.0.8.1+dfsg1-2
fixed
r-cran-jsonlite
bullseye
no-dsa
stretch
no-dsa
jessie
no-dsa
bookworm
no-dsa
buster
no-dsa
sid
1.8.9+dfsg-1
fixed
trixie
1.8.9+dfsg-1
fixed
ruby-yajl
bullseye
1.4.1-1
no-dsa
stretch
no-dsa
jessie
no-dsa
bookworm
1.4.3-1
no-dsa
buster
no-dsa
sid
1.4.3-1
fixed
trixie
1.4.3-1
fixed
xqilla
bullseye
2.3.4-1
fixed
stretch
no-dsa
jessie
no-dsa
bookworm
no-dsa
buster
no-dsa
yajl
bullseye
2.1.0-3+deb11u2
no-dsa
stretch
no-dsa
jessie
no-dsa
bookworm
2.1.0-3+deb12u2
no-dsa
buster
no-dsa
sid
2.1.0-5
fixed
trixie
2.1.0-5
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
ruby-yajl
noble
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
lunar
not-affected
kinetic
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
impish
not-affected
hirsute
not-affected
groovy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
eoan
not-affected
disco
not-affected
cosmic
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
artful
ignored
zesty
ignored
xenial
needed
trusty
dne
yajl
noble
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
lunar
Fixed 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.23.04.1
released
kinetic
ignored
jammy
Fixed 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.22.04.1
released
impish
ignored
hirsute
ignored
groovy
ignored
focal
Fixed 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.20.04.1
released
eoan
ignored
disco
ignored
cosmic
ignored
bionic
Fixed 2.1.0-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
released
artful
ignored
zesty
ignored
xenial
Fixed 2.1.0-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1
released
trusty
Fixed 2.0.4-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
released