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Vulnerability details: VCID-47a8-23p6-4kg1
Vulnerability ID VCID-47a8-23p6-4kg1
Aliases CVE-2017-16229
GHSA-wfwm-chj7-w59r
Summary Ox gem stack overflow in sax_parse
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00165 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16229
epss 0.00165 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16229
epss 0.00165 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16229
epss 0.00165 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16229
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wfwm-chj7-w59r
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/ohler55/ox
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ohler55/ox
cvssv3 5.5 https://github.com/ohler55/ox/issues/195
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/ohler55/ox/issues/195
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ohler55/ox/issues/195
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ox/CVE-2017-16229.yml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ox/CVE-2017-16229.yml
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16229
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16229
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://rubygems.org/gems/ox/versions/2.8.1
generic_textual MODERATE https://rubygems.org/gems/ox/versions/2.8.1
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16229
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16229
https://github.com/ohler55/ox
https://github.com/ohler55/ox/issues/195
https://rubygems.org/gems/ox/versions/2.8.1
CVE-2017-16229 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16229
CVE-2017-16229.YML https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ox/CVE-2017-16229.yml
GHSA-wfwm-chj7-w59r https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wfwm-chj7-w59r
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/ohler55/ox
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/ohler55/ox/issues/195
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ox/CVE-2017-16229.yml
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16229
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://rubygems.org/gems/ox/versions/2.8.1
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.37327
EPSS Score 0.00165
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T20:23:59.145912+00:00 GHSA Importer Import https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wfwm-chj7-w59r 38.6.0