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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 SIGABRT in the yajl_…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Yajl-Ruby ProjectYajl-Ruby
Version 1.3.0
DebianDebian Linux
Version 7.0

Weakness classification

CWE-134

References