Critical severity · published May 9, 2019
CVE-2019-11834
cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to \x00 in a string literal
9.8
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to \x00 in a string literal.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CJ
Cjson · Davegamble
before 1.7.11 · 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-2019-11834
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11834
Patch
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/compare/c69134d...93688cb
Exploit
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/337
Release Notes
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/releases/tag/v1.7.11
Patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
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