CVE-2017-16516 (GCVE-0-2017-16516)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-03 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:27
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Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 27/100 over 2305 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2017-11-03 00:00
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