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CVE-2016-10749

parse_string in cJSON.c in cJSON before 2016-10-02 has a buffer over-read, as demonstrated by a string that begins with a " character and ends with a \ character.

Published

2019-04-29T14:29:00.363

Last Modified

2025-07-22T18:17:45.530

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-125

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	davegamble	cjson	< 0.0.0	Yes

References

https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/commit/94df772485c92866ca417d92137747b2e3b0a917 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/30 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/07/2 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/commit/94df772485c92866ca417d92137747b2e3b0a917 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/30 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/07/2 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)