CVE-2017-16516: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only
• Yajl-Ruby Project Yajl-Ruby: version 1.3.0 only

Published 2017-11-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.