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CVE-2018-1000217

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Published: August 20, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:32 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorcJSON

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

cJSON· Davegamble
95%
v < 1.7.4
Affected range stops below 1.7.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/248

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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