CVE-2017-16229 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2017-16229

In the Ox gem 2.8.1 for Ruby, the process crashes...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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In the Ox gem 2.8.0 for Ruby, the process crashes...
High 7.5

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ox
Vulnerable Versions:
2.8.1

Timeline

Official Publish: February 26th, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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