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CVE-2017-11465

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Published: Jul 19, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

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9.8
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

The parser_yyerror function in the UTF-8 parser in Ruby 2.4.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write or read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Ruby script, related to the parser_tokadd_utf8 function in parse.y. NOTE: this might have security relevance as a bypass of a $SAFE protection mechanism.

Affected (1)

Products: Ruby Lang: Ruby
Ruby Lang
1 product
Ruby
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Ruby
Version 2.4.1

Related CWEs

CWE-125
Out-of-bounds Read
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (4)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory

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