CVE-2016-4303
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2016-4303 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2016-09-26 14:59:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2022-06-30 15:13:00 UTC |
| Description | The parse_string function in cjson.c in the cJSON library mishandles UTF8/16 strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a non-hex character in a JSON string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-120
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Iperf3 Project | Iperf3 | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Iperf Project | Iperf | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Iperf Project | Iperf | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Novell | Suse Package Hub For Suse Linux Enterprise | 12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Novell | Suse Package Hub For Suse Linux Enterprise | 12 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Leap | 42.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Leap | 42.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 13.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 13.2 | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| iperf3 Project News — iperf3 3.9 documentation | CONFIRM | software.es.net | |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 2080-1] iperf3 security update | MLIST | lists.debian.org | |
| raw.githubusercontent.com/esnet/security/master/cve-2016-4303/esnet-secadv-2016-0001.tx... | CONFIRM | raw.githubusercontent.com | |
| Cisco Talos - Talos 2016 0164 | MISC | www.talosintelligence.com | |
| Fix a buffer overflow / heap corruption issue that could occur if a · esnet/iperf@91f2fa5 · GitHub | CONFIRM | github.com | |
| openSUSE-SU-2016:2113-1: moderate: Security update for iperf | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | |
| openSUSE-SU-2016:2121-1: moderate: Security update for iperf | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Cisco Talos Blog: Vulnerability Spotlight: ESnet iPerf3 JSON parse_string UTF Code Execution Vulnerability | MISC | blog.talosintel.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.