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.
Published: 2017-07-19
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-3086 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:15:26.973Z

Reserved: 2017-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-11465

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-19T21:29:00.243

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-11465

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-11465 - Bugzilla

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