CVE-2017-16229

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Published 2017-10-29 · Modified 2024-02-16

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CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

In the Ox gem 2.8.1 for Ruby, the process crashes with a stack-based buffer over-read in the read_from_str function in sax_buf.c when a crafted input is supplied to sax_parse.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.8.2-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.8.2-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.8.2-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.8.2-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.8.2-1`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
RubyGems	ox	`<>= 2.8.2`	`>= 2.8.2`
RubyGems	ox	`<2.8.2`	`2.8.2`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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