{"id":"USN-6233-1","summary":"yajl vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that YAJL was not properly performing bounds checks when\ndecoding a string with escape sequences. If a user or automated system\nusing YAJL were tricked into processing specially crafted input, an\nattacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service\n(application abort). (CVE-2017-16516)\n\nIt was discovered that YAJL was not properly handling memory allocation\nwhen dealing with large inputs, which could lead to heap memory\ncorruption. If a user or automated system using YAJL were tricked into\nrunning a specially crafted large input, an attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-24795)\n\nIt was discovered that memory leaks existed in one of the YAJL parsing\nfunctions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of\nservice (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2023-33460)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:43:12Z","published":"2023-07-18T13:31:52Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16516","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24795","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-33460"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-16516","CVE-2022-24795","CVE-2023-33460","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16516","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24795","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-33460"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6233-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16516"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-24795"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-33460"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"yajl","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/yajl@2.0.4-4ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.4-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["2.0.4-4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libyajl-dev","binary_version":"2.0.4-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libyajl2","binary_version":"2.0.4-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"yajl-tools","binary_version":"2.0.4-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2017-16516","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2022-24795","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2023-33460","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6233-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"yajl","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/yajl@2.1.0-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.1.0-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["2.1.0-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libyajl-dev","binary_version":"2.1.0-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libyajl2","binary_version":"2.1.0-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"yajl-tools","binary_version":"2.1.0-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2017-16516","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2022-24795","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2023-33460","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6233-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"yajl","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/yajl@2.1.0-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.1.0-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["2.1.0-2","2.1.0-2build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libyajl-dev","binary_version":"2.1.0-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libyajl2","binary_version":"2.1.0-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"yajl-tools","binary_version":"2.1.0-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2017-16516","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2022-24795","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2023-33460","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6233-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}