Medium severity · published Feb 26, 2018
CVE-2017-16229
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
5.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 62% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OX
OX · OX Project
2.8.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16229
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16229
Exploit
https://github.com/ohler55/ox/issues/195
Third Party Advisory
https://rubygems.org/gems/ox/versions/2.8.1
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