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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16516
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16516
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Record from OSV · Published November 3, 2017
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.
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| r-cran-jsonlite | Debian:14 | 1.8.8+dfsg-1 |
| r-cran-jsonlite | Debian:13 | 1.8.8+dfsg-1 |
| yajl | Debian:14 | 2.1.0-4 |
| ruby-yajl | Debian:12 | 1.2.0-3.1 |
| burp | Debian:13 | 3.1.4-2 |
| ruby-yajl | Debian:13 | 1.2.0-3.1 |
| yajl | Debian:12 | 2.1.0-3+deb12u2 |
| ruby-yajl | Debian:14 | 1.2.0-3.1 |
| yajl | Debian:13 | 2.1.0-4 |
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:14 | r-cran-jsonlite | 0 |
| Debian:13 | r-cran-jsonlite | 0 |
| Debian:12 | r-cran-jsonlite | 1.8.4+dfsg-1, 1.8.5+dfsg-1, 1.8.7+dfsg-1 |
| Debian:14 | yajl | 0 |
| Debian:12 | ruby-yajl | 0 |
| Debian:13 | burp | 0 |
| Debian:13 | ruby-yajl | 0 |
| Debian:12 | burp | 3.1.4-1, 3.1.4-3, 3.1.4-3.1 |
| Debian:12 | yajl | 0, 2.1.0-3, 2.1.0-3+deb12u1 |
| Debian:14 | ruby-yajl | 0 |
| Debian:13 | yajl | 0 |
Timeline
- Nov 3, 2017 CVE Published
- Sep 1, 2026 CVE Updated
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