CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6181
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-04-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The parse_char_class function in regparse.c in the Onigmo (aka Oniguruma-mod) regular expression library, as used in Ruby 2.4.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion and application crash) via a crafted regular expression.
Affected configurations
• ruby-lang ruby 2.4.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97304 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/13234 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/projects/ruby-trunk/repository/revisions/57660 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97304 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/13234 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/projects/ruby-trunk/repository/revisions/57660 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory