CVE-2017-14033
HIGH7.5EPSS 8.2%Ruby OpenSSL DoS Vulnerability
Published: 5/14/2022Modified: 12/3/2025
Description
The decode method in the OpenSSL::ASN1 module in Ruby before 2.2.8, 2.3.x before 2.3.5, and 2.4.x through 2.4.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (interpreter crash) via a crafted string.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/rubyfrom 0, < 2.4.2-r0
- RubyGems/opensslfrom 0, < 2.0.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (17)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14033
- ADVISORYhttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-14033
- PATCHhttps://github.com/ruby/openssl
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
- WEBhttps://github.com/ruby/openssl/commit/36bf7f403ebb6cefcaa1e7af9d8ec99e6b4bc1ed
- WEBhttps://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/openssl/CVE-2017-14033.yml
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-18
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20210509153849/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100868
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20210622181826/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20210724095519/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039363
- WEBhttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4031
- WEBhttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2017/09/14/openssl-asn1-buffer-underrun-cve-2017-14033
- WEBhttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2017/09/14/ruby-2-2-8-released
- WEBhttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2017/09/14/ruby-2-3-5-released