{"cve":"CVE-2017-16516","nvd":{"published":"2017-11-03T15:29:00.233","modified":"2026-06-17T01:09:23.183","status":"Modified","description":"In the yajl-ruby gem 1.3.0 for Ruby, when a crafted JSON file is supplied to Yajl::Parser.new.parse, the whole ruby process crashes with a SIGABRT in the yajl_string_decode function in yajl_encode.c. This results in the whole ruby process terminating and potentially a denial of service.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-134"],"references":["https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/issues/176","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00010.html","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00013.html","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00003.html","https://rubygems.org/gems/yajl-ruby"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","yajl-ruby_project:yajl-ruby"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:47:01.408438353+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-16516","score":0.03798,"percentile":0.90001,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-wwh7-4jw9-33x6","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-wwh7-4jw9-33x6","summary":"yajl-ruby gem Denial of Service vulnerability","modified":"2024-02-16T08:18:26.151930Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"yajl-ruby","purl":"pkg:gem/yajl-ruby","ranges":["<1.3.1"],"fixed":["1.3.1"]}]}],"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."]}