CVE-2017-16516

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-134

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 3, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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