CVE-2017-16516

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    CVE-2017-16516

    Published: 3 Nov 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    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.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00013.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00003.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00010.html, https://rubygems.org/gems/yajl-ruby, https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/issues/176

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 35cf1c23efbf946785d3210b610783fedde51321
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.3.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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    High