{"cve":"CVE-2017-16229","nvd":{"published":"2018-02-26T22:29:00.477","modified":"2026-06-17T01:09:00.913","status":"Modified","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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-125"],"references":["https://github.com/ohler55/ox/issues/195","https://rubygems.org/gems/ox/versions/2.8.1","https://github.com/ohler55/ox/issues/195","https://rubygems.org/gems/ox/versions/2.8.1"],"products":["ox_project:ox"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:48:34.567387330+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-16229","score":0.00965,"percentile":0.61699,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-wfwm-chj7-w59r","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-wfwm-chj7-w59r","summary":"Ox gem stack overflow in sax_parse","modified":"2024-02-16T08:21:34.646079Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"ox","purl":"pkg:gem/ox","ranges":["<2.8.2"],"fixed":["2.8.2"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}