High severity · published Dec 14, 2023
CVE-2023-50471
cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_InsertItemInArray at cJSON.c
7.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_InsertItemInArray at cJSON.c.
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)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CJ
Cjson · Davegamble
1.7.16 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50471
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50471
Exploit
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/802
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00023.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EO4XCUTY3ZMVW4YBG6DBYVS5NSMNP6JY/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSI3LL6ZNKYNM5JKPA5FKZTATL4MPF7V/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YQOQ7CAOYBNHGAMNOR7ELGLC22HV3ZQV/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EO4XCUTY3ZMVW4YBG6DBYVS5NSMNP6JY/
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