Double Free Vulnerability in cJSON Library by Dave Gamble
CVE-2018-1000216

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Cjson Project

Status
Cjson
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 August 2018

What is CVE-2018-1000216?

The cJSON library developed by Dave Gamble, in versions 1.7.2 and earlier, is affected by a double free vulnerability, classified as CWE-415. This flaw can lead to potentially serious consequences, including application crashes or remote code execution. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by forcing a victim to print JSON data, depending on the context of how the cJSON library is utilized—potentially either locally or over a network. Fortunately, this issue has been addressed in version 1.7.3 of the library.

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References

https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/241
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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