What is GHSA-pjj4-w39g-pw54?

GHSA-pjj4-w39g-pw54 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Ox gem crashes due to a crafted input

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-pjj4-w39g-pw54 cover?

GHSA-pjj4-w39g-pw54 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2017-15928. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-pjj4-w39g-pw54?

GHSA-pjj4-w39g-pw54 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-pjj4-w39g-pw54?

GHSA-pjj4-w39g-pw54 affects 1 product, including: rubygems/ox:\u003c= 2.8.0.

GHSA-pjj4-w39g-pw54HighCVSS 7.5

Ox gem crashes due to a crafted input

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

November 21, 2017

Last Modified

August 28, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2017-15928 →

📋 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.

🎯 Affected products1

rubygems/ox:<= 2.8.0

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15928
https://github.com/ohler55/ox/issues/194
https://rubygems.org/gems/ox/versions/2.8.0
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ox/CVE-2017-15928.yml
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pjj4-w39g-pw54