Description
Dave Gamble cJSON version 1.7.2 and earlier contains a CWE-415: Double Free vulnerability in cJSON library that can result in Possible crash or RCE. This attack appear to be exploitable via Attacker must be able to force victim to print JSON data, depending on how cJSON library is used this could be either local or over a network. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.3.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/241
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0147
EPSS Percentile
70.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-415
Status
published
Products (1)
davegamble/cjson
< 1.7.3
Published
Aug 20, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026