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BREW-YAJL-CVE-2017-16516 (CVE-2017-16516)

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-07-18 04:02 – Updated: 2026-07-18 04:02 – Source website

Details

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

References

URL

Type

	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…	WEB
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…	WEB
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017…	ADVISORY
	https://rubygems.org/gems/yajl-ruby	ADVISORY
	https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/issues/176	EVIDENCE

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        "fix": "patch",
        "patches": [
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            "apply": [
              "patches/dynamically-link-tools.patch",
              "patches/CVE-2017-16516.patch",
              "patches/CVE-2022-24795.patch",
              "patches/CVE-2023-33460.patch",
              "patches/6fe59ca50dfd65bdb3d1c87a27245b2dd1a072f9.patch"
            ],
            "type": "unofficial",
            "url": "https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/y/yajl/yajl_2.1.0-6.debian.tar.xz"
          }
        ]
      },
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        "name": "yajl",
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      },
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  },
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  "id": "BREW-yajl-CVE-2017-16516",
  "modified": "2026-07-18T04:02:33Z",
  "published": "2026-07-18T04:02:33Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00013.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00003.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00010.html"
    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
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    },
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      "type": "EVIDENCE",
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    }
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-16516",
    "GHSA-wwh7-4jw9-33x6"
  ]
}

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-03 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:27

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://rubygems.org/gems/yajl-ruby
https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/issues/176
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017…	mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…	mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…	mailing-list

Date Public

2017-11-03 00:00

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GHSA-WWH7-4JW9-33X6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2017-11-28 22:44 – Updated: 2023-08-29 16:04

Summary

yajl-ruby gem Denial of Service vulnerability

Details

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

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "yajl-ruby"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.3.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-16516"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-134"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T22:01:25Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-11-03T15:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-wwh7-4jw9-33x6",
  "modified": "2023-08-29T16:04:20Z",
  "published": "2017-11-28T22:44:42Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16516"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/issues/176"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/pull/178"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/2158"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/commit/a8ca8f476655adaa187eedc60bdc770fff3c51ce"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/yajl-ruby/CVE-2017-16516.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00010.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00013.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00003.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://rubygems.org/gems/yajl-ruby"
    }
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "yajl-ruby gem Denial of Service vulnerability"
}

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