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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1114-1 ruby1.9.1 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1421-1 ruby2.1 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3966-1 ruby2.3 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-5577 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3439-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3528-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3685-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:13:41.685Z

Reserved: 2017-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-14064

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-31T17:29:00.183

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-14064

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-14064 - Bugzilla

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