CVE-2016-10749

CRITICAL

davegamble/cjson < 0.0.0 - Out-of-bounds Read in parse_string

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/30
Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/07/2

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0247
EPSS Percentile 82.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (1)
davegamble/cjson < 0.0.0
Published Apr 29, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026