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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…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 10.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.8% · top 10.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsyajl-rubyGHSA-wwh7-4jw9-33x6 (opens in a new tab)
References
5
- https://rubygems.org/gems/yajl-ruby (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/issues/176 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20171108 [SECURITY] [DLA 1167-1] ruby-yajl security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230711 [SECURITY] [DLA 3492-1] yajl security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230805 [SECURITY] [DLA 3516-1] burp security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-0355 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-wwh7-4jw9-33x6 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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