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CVE-2017-16229

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Date: February 26, 2018

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (7)

https://github.com/ohler55/ox
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16229
https://rubygems.org/gems/ox/versions/2.8.1
https://github.com/ohler55/ox/issues/195
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ox/CVE-2017-16229.yml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16229
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-16229

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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