Oj - Stack Buffer Overflow in Oj.dump via Large Indent
Published: June 19, 2026
SECURITY IDENTIFIERS
- CVE: CVE-2026-54502 (NVD)
- GHSA: GHSA-3v45-f3vh-wg7m
GEM
PATCHED VERSIONS
>= 3.17.3
DESCRIPTION
Summary
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.
RELATED
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord/SearchResults?query=CVE-2026-54502
- https://rubygems.org/gems/oj/versions/3.17.3
- https://github.com/ohler55/oj/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#3173---2026-06-04
- https://github.com/ohler55/oj/pull/1015
- https://github.com/ohler55/oj/security/advisories/GHSA-3v45-f3vh-wg7m
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3v45-f3vh-wg7m
