CVE-2023-50471

HIGH EPSS 71.2%
Published Dec 14, 20232y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Dec 14, 2023 2y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_InsertItemInArray at cJSON.c.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
71.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
davegamblecjson1.7.16any

References 8

  • github.com https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/802
    ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
  • 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/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSI3LL6ZNKYNM5JKPA5FKZTATL4MPF7V/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YQOQ7CAOYBNHGAMNOR7ELGLC22HV3ZQV/

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/802
    ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory