CVE-2017-16516 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-16516 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 1.55% · 81.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

1.55%

81.3th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	yajl	0, 2.1.0-3, 2.1.0-3build2
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS	yajl	0, 2.1.0-3
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS	yajl	2.1.0-2, 2.1.0-2build1, 0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	ruby-yajl	1.2.0-3build2, 1.2.0-3build3, 1.2.0-3build1
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS	yajl	2.0.4-4, 0
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	yajl	0, 2.1.0-2

Timeline

Nov 3, 2017 CVE Published
Mar 10, 2020 CVE Updated
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16516 third-party-advisory
https://rubygems.org/gems/yajl-ruby third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6233-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6233-2 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16516 third-party-advisory

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