Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-11465 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Ruby-Lang Ruby 2.4.1
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |