CVE-2017-16229

low-risk
Published 2018-02-26

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.17% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Ox

Affected Vendors

Ox Project

References (4)

Exploit https://github.com/ohler55/ox/issues/195
Third Party Advisory https://rubygems.org/gems/ox/versions/2.8.1
Exploit https://github.com/ohler55/ox/issues/195
Third Party Advisory https://rubygems.org/gems/ox/versions/2.8.1
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal