CVE-2022-24795

yajl-ruby is a C binding to the YAJL JSON parsing and generation library. The 1.x branch and the 2.x branch of `yajl` contain an integer overflow which leads to subsequent heap memory corruption when dealing with large (~2GB) inputs. The reallocation logic at `yajl_buf.c#L64` may result in the `need` 32bit integer wrapping to 0 when `need` approaches a value of 0x80000000 (i.e. ~2GB of data), which results in a reallocation of buf->alloc into a small heap chunk. These integers are declared as `size_t` in the 2.x branch of `yajl`, which practically prevents the issue from triggering on 64bit platforms, however this does not preclude this issue triggering on 32bit builds on which `size_t` is a 32bit integer. Subsequent population of this under-allocated heap chunk is based on the original buffer size, leading to heap memory corruption. This vulnerability mostly impacts process availability. Maintainers believe exploitation for arbitrary code execution is unlikely. A patch is available and anticipated to be part of yajl-ruby version 1.4.2. As a workaround, avoid passing large inputs to YAJL.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:yajl-ruby_project:yajl-ruby:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 03:44

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18 Apr 2022, 10:05

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 5.0
v3 : 7.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:yajl-ruby_project:yajl-ruby:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
First Time Yajl-ruby Project
Yajl-ruby Project yajl-ruby
References (MISC) https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/commit/7168bd79b888900aa94523301126f968a93eb3a6 - (MISC) https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/commit/7168bd79b888900aa94523301126f968a93eb3a6 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/security/advisories/GHSA-jj47-x69x-mxrm - (CONFIRM) https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/security/advisories/GHSA-jj47-x69x-mxrm - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/blob/7168bd79b888900aa94523301126f968a93eb3a6/ext/yajl/yajl_buf.c#L64 - (MISC) https://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/blob/7168bd79b888900aa94523301126f968a93eb3a6/ext/yajl/yajl_buf.c#L64 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

05 Apr 2022, 21:15

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Summary yajl-riuby is a C binding to the YAJL JSON parsing and generation library. The 1.x branch and the 2.x branch of yajl contain an integer overflow which leads to subsequent heap memory corruption when dealing with large (~2GB) inputs. The reallocation logic at `yajl_buf.c#L64` may result in the `need` 32bit integer wrapping to 0 when `need` approaches a value of 0x80000000 (i.e. ~2GB of data), which results in a reallocation of buf->alloc into a small heap chunk. These integers are declared as `size_t` in the 2.x branch of `yajl`, which practically prevents the issue from triggering on 64bit platforms, however this does not preclude this issue triggering on 32bit builds on which `size_t` is a 32bit integer. Subsequent population of this under-allocated heap chunk is based on the original buffer size, leading to heap memory corruption. This vulnerability mostly impacts process availability. Maintainers believe exploitation for arbitrary code execution to be unlikely. A patch is available and anticipated to be part of version 1.4.2. As a workaround, avoid passing large inputs to YAJL. yajl-ruby is a C binding to the YAJL JSON parsing and generation library. The 1.x branch and the 2.x branch of `yajl` contain an integer overflow which leads to subsequent heap memory corruption when dealing with large (~2GB) inputs. The reallocation logic at `yajl_buf.c#L64` may result in the `need` 32bit integer wrapping to 0 when `need` approaches a value of 0x80000000 (i.e. ~2GB of data), which results in a reallocation of buf->alloc into a small heap chunk. These integers are declared as `size_t` in the 2.x branch of `yajl`, which practically prevents the issue from triggering on 64bit platforms, however this does not preclude this issue triggering on 32bit builds on which `size_t` is a 32bit integer. Subsequent population of this under-allocated heap chunk is based on the original buffer size, leading to heap memory corruption. This vulnerability mostly impacts process availability. Maintainers believe exploitation for arbitrary code execution is unlikely. A patch is available and anticipated to be part of yajl-ruby version 1.4.2. As a workaround, avoid passing large inputs to YAJL.

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Information

Published : 2022-04-05 16:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:22


NVD link : CVE-2022-24795

Mitre link : CVE-2022-24795

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-24795


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Products Affected

yajl-ruby_project

  • yajl-ruby
CWE
CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-190

Integer Overflow or Wraparound