CVE-2016-10749

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-10749
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-04-29 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-12-27 15:45:00 UTC
Descriptionparse_string in cJSON.c in cJSON before 2016-10-02 has a buffer over-read, as demonstrated by a string that begins with a " character and ends with a \ character.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cjson Project Cjson All All All All
Application Cjson Project Cjson All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE request: cJSON buffer out of bound read MISC www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cJSON buffer overflow with odd formatted JSON string · Issue #30 · DaveGamble/cJSON · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
fix buffer overflow (#30) · DaveGamble/cJSON@94df772 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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