CVE-2016-4303

Summary

CVECVE-2016-4303
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-26 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2022-06-30 15:13:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
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
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