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CVE-2017-16229

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.97% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-02-26 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2017-16229
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.97%

Original NVD Description

In the Ox gem 2.8.1 for Ruby, the process crashes with a stack-based buffer over-read in the read_from_str function in sax_buf.c when a crafted input is supplied to sax_parse.

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