High severity · published Jul 19, 2019
CVE-2019-1010239
DaveGamble/cJSON cJSON 1.7.8 is affected by: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
7.5
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
DaveGamble/cJSON cJSON 1.7.8 is affected by: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions. The impact is: Null dereference, so attack can cause denial of service. The component is: cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive() function. The attack vector is: crafted json file. The fixed version is: 1.7.9 and later.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CJ
Cjson · Davegamble
1.7.8 · source: NVD
TI
Timesten In-memory Database · Oracle
before 18.1.3.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1010239
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-1010239
Patch
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/commit/be749d7efa7c9021da746e685bd6dec79f9dd99b
Exploit
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/315
Patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
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