yajl-ruby is a C binding to the YAJL JSON parsing and generation library. The 1.x branch and the 2.x branch of yajl contain an integer overflow which leads to subsequent heap memory corruption when dealing with large (~2GB) inputs. The reallocation logic at yajl_buf.c#L64 may result in the need 32bit integer wrapping to 0 when need approaches a value of 0x80000000 (i.e. ~2GB of data), which results in a reallocation of buf->alloc into a small heap chunk. These integers are declared as size_t in the 2.x branch of yajl, which practically prevents the issue from triggering on 64bit platforms, however this does not preclude this issue triggering on 32bit builds on which size_t is a 32bit integer. Subsequent population of this under-allocated heap chunk is based on the original buffer size, leading to heap memory corruption. This vulnerability mostly impacts process availability. Maintainers believe exploitation for arbitrary code execution is unlikely. A patch is available and anticipated to be part of yajl-ruby version 1.4.2. As a workaround, avoid passing large inputs to YAJL.
CVE-2022-24795
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.9 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 3.5%, top 12% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.9
- EG Score
- 5.9(medium)
- EG Risk
- 43(Track)EG Risk 43/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity59% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 87.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 5, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (14)
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/blob/7168bd79b888900aa94523301126f968a93eb3a6/ext/yajl/yajl_buf.c#L64
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/commit/7168bd79b888900aa94523301126f968a93eb3a6
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/security/advisories/GHSA-jj47-x69x-mxrm
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00013.html
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00003.html
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KLE3C4CECEJ4EUYI56KXI6OWACWXX7WN/
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YO32YDJ74DADC7CMJNLSLBVWN5EXGF5J/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/blob/7168bd79b888900aa94523301126f968a93eb3a6/ext/yajl/yajl_buf.c#L64
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/commit/7168bd79b888900aa94523301126f968a93eb3a6
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/security/advisories/GHSA-jj47-x69x-mxrm
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00013.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00003.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KLE3C4CECEJ4EUYI56KXI6OWACWXX7WN/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YO32YDJ74DADC7CMJNLSLBVWN5EXGF5J/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-24795(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(5)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libyajl2 (2.1.0-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1) @ xenial | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | yajl-tools (2.1.0-3ubuntu0.23.04.1) @ lunar | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| redhat | yajl-0:2.1.0-13.el8_6 | 2024-04-25 | redhat |
| redhat | yajl-0:2.1.0-21.el9 | 2022-11-15 | redhat |
| redhat | yajl-0:2.1.0-11.el8 | 2022-11-08 | redhat |
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RubyGems(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| yajl-ruby | 0.5.10 ... 1.4.2 (43 versions) | 1.4.3 | — |
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