CVE-2017-14064
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 9.4% (pctl 95)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Ruby through 2.2.7, 2.3.x through 2.3.4, and 2.4.x through 2.4.1 can expose arbitrary memory during a JSON.generate call. The issues lies in using strdup in ext/json/ext/generator/generator.c, which will stop after encountering a '\0' byte, returning a pointer to a string of length zero, which is not the length stored in space_len.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 9.45% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-08-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (9)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| redhat | enterprise linux server aus |
| redhat | enterprise linux server eus |
| redhat | enterprise linux server tus |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation |
| ruby-lang | ruby |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100890
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039363
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/13853
- https://github.com/flori/json/commit/8f782fd8e181d9cfe9387ded43a5ca9692266b85
- https://hackerone.com/reports/209949
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-18
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2017/09/14/ruby-2-2-8-released/
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2017/09/14/ruby-2-3-5-released/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100890
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039363
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
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