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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/issues/176	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00010.html	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00013.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00003.html
https://rubygems.org/gems/yajl-ruby	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/issues/176	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00010.html	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00013.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00003.html
https://rubygems.org/gems/yajl-ruby	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:yajl-ruby_project:yajl-ruby:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-11-03 15:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-16516

Mitre link : CVE-2017-16516

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-16516

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

yajl-ruby_project

yajl-ruby

CWE

CWE-134

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

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