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CVE-2016-4303

critical 9.8

The parse_string function in cjson.c in the cJSON library mishandles UTF8/16 strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a non-hex character in a JSON string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

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Details

Status
Modified
Published
Last changed
Source
cret@cert.org
Weakness
CWE-120

Severity

VersionScoreVectorSource
CVSS 3.1 critical 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H nvd@nist.govPrimary
CVSS 2.0 high 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P nvd@nist.govPrimary

Affected products

Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.

References