Description

Dave Gamble cJSON version 1.7.3 and earlier contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in cJSON library that can result in Possible crash, corruption of data or even RCE. This attack appear to be exploitable via Depends on how application uses cJSON library. If application provides network interface then can be exploited over a network, otherwise just local.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.4.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 20, 2018, 8:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 1, 2018, 11:50 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-1000217 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cjson_project cjson
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/248 Exploit Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-1000217 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 01, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/248 No Types Assigned https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/248 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cjson_project:cjson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.7.4
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.66 }} 0.38%

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0.79863

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