CVE-2018-1000216

HIGH

cJSON <1.7.3 - Double Free

Title source: llm

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)

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/241

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0038

EPSS Percentile 58.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-415

Status published

Affected Products (1)

davegamble/cjson < 1.7.3

Timeline

Published Aug 20, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026