High severity · published Oct 27, 2017
CVE-2017-15928
In the Ox gem 2.8.0 for Ruby, the process crashes with a segmentation fault when a crafted input is supplied to parse_obj
7.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Ox gem 2.8.0 for Ruby, the process crashes with a segmentation fault when a crafted input is supplied to parse_obj. NOTE: the vendor has stated "Ox should handle the error more gracefully" but has not confirmed a security implication.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OX
OX · OX Project
2.8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15928
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15928
Exploit
https://github.com/ohler55/ox/issues/194
Vendor Advisory
https://rubygems.org/gems/ox/versions/2.8.0
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