Oj: Heap Buffer Overflow in Oj.dump Exception Serialization 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, when in object mode, Oj.dump is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow when serializing Exception objects with a large :indent value. The serializer allocates a buffer sized for the object's attributes but does not account for the indent bytes added on each write. With indent: 5000, the accumulation of 5,000-byte indent strings overflows the 13,150-byte heap allocation, corrupting adjacent heap memory. This issue has been fixed in version 3.17.2.
Problem Types
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|
| CWE | CWE-122 | CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow |
Type: CWE
Description: CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Metrics
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| 4.0 | 2.1 | LOW | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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: 2.1
Base severity: LOW
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N