Oj: Stack Buffer Overflow in Oj.dump via Large Indent
Oj (Optimized JSON) is a JSON parser and Object marshaller packaged as a Ruby gem. In versions prior to 3.17.2, Oj.dump is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when a large :indent value is provided by the developer. fill_indent in dump.h calls memset(indent_str, ' ', (size_t)opts->indent) without validating the size. When opts->indent is set to INT_MAX (2,147,483,647), the (size_t) cast preserves the large value and memset writes 2 GB into the stack-allocated out buffer (4,184 bytes), corrupting the stack and crashing the process. This issue has been fixed in version 3.17.2.
Problem Types
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|
| CWE | CWE-121 | CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow |
Type: CWE
Description: CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Metrics
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| 4.0 | 6.3 | MEDIUM | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
Version: 4.0
Base score: 6.3
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N