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Out-of-bounds Read

CVE-2017-16229

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

In the Ox gem before 2.8.2 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.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-125 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Out-of-bounds read is a vulnerability that allows access to memory beyond the authorized accessible location. Such a vulnerability compromises the confidentiality of the trusted environment in the application and enables an attacker to launch further attacks by leveraging the exposed information.

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  • Published