CVE catalog
CVE-2017-16229
ruby-ox: CVE-2017-16229
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.97% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ruby-ox | sid | 2.14.29-1 | fixed |
| Debian | ruby-ox | forky | 2.14.29-1 | fixed |
| Debian | ruby-ox | trixie | 2.14.22-1 | fixed |
| Debian | ruby-ox | bookworm | 2.14.9-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | ruby-ox | 16.04 | 2.1.1-2build2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby-ox | 16.04 | 2.1.1-2build3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby-ox | 16.04 | 2.1.1-2build4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby-ox | 16.04 | 2.1.1-2build5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby-ox | 16.04 | 2.1.1-2+deb9u1build0.16.04.1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ruby-ox | source | sid | 2.8.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ruby-ox | source | forky | 2.8.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ruby-ox | source | trixie | 2.8.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ruby-ox | source | bookworm | 2.8.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [ruby-ox]Fixed
Details (2)
2.14.22-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.8.2-1dsa · ruby-ox · debian · 13
2.14.22-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.8.2-1dsa · ruby-ox · debian · 13
Observed: