Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting json package, versions <1.1.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUBY-JSON-20209
  • published20 May 2007
  • disclosed20 May 2007
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 May 2007

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

Overview

The json gem is a JSON implementation as a Ruby extension in C.

Affected versions of this Gem contain an overflow condition. This is triggered when user-supplied input is not properly validated while handling specially crafted data. This can allow a remote attacker to cause a stack-based buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service, or potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1