CVE-2020-12762

Summary

CVECVE-2020-12762
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-09 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:15:00 UTC
Descriptionjson-c through 0.14 has an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write via a large JSON file, as demonstrated by printbuf_memappend.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787 | CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Application Json-c Json-c All All All All
Application Json-c Json-c All All All All
Application Json-c Project Json-c All All All All
Application Siemens Sinec Ins - All All All
Application Siemens Sinec Ins 1.0 - All All
Application Siemens Sinec Ins 1.0 sp1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2301-1] json-c security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Please check if affected by CVE-2020-12762 · Issue #161 · rsyslog/libfastjson · GitHub MISC github.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3461-1] libfastjson security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: json-c-0.13.1-12.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: json-c-0.13.1-12.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2020-12762 JSON-C Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: json-c-0.13.1-12.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-637483.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
json-c: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202006-13) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Prevent out of boundary write on malicious input by stoeckmann · Pull Request #592 · json-c/json-c · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: json-c-0.13.1-12.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-4360-4: json-c vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4741-1 json-c DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: json-c-0.13.1-12.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2228-2] json-c regression update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: json-c-0.13.1-12.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-4360-1: json-c vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2228-1] json-c security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159500 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for json-c (ELSA-2021-4382)
  • 161097 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for libfastjson (ELSA-2023-6431)
  • 161149 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for libfastjson (ELSA-2023-6976)
  • 239843 Red Hat Update for json-c (RHSA-2021:4382)
  • 242315 Red Hat Update for libfastjson (RHSA-2023:6431)
  • 242417 Red Hat Update for libfastjson (RHSA-2023:6976)
  • 242798 Red Hat Update for libfastjson (RHSA-2024:0573)
  • 242856 Red Hat Update for libfastjson (RHSA-2024:0411)
  • 243006 Red Hat Update for libfastjson (RHSA-2024:1086)
  • 243036 Red Hat Update for libfastjson (RHSA-2024:1154)
  • 285315 Fedora Security Update for libfastjson (FEDORA-2023-bf3b135831)
  • 355395 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libfastjson : ALAS2-2023-2079
  • 355406 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libfastjson : ALAS2023-2023-205
  • 355466 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for json-c : ALAS2023-2023-232
  • 500271 Alpine Linux Security Update for json-c
  • 502998 Alpine Linux Security Update for libfastjson
  • 504035 Alpine Linux Security Update for json-c
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 6000157 Debian Security Update for libfastjson (DLA 3461-1)
  • 673952 EulerOS Security Update for libfastjson (EulerOS-SA-2023-2649)
  • 674018 EulerOS Security Update for libfastjson (EulerOS-SA-2023-2691)
  • 751650 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for json-c (SUSE-SU-2022:0184-1)
  • 751660 OpenSUSE Security Update for json-c (openSUSE-SU-2022:0184-1)
  • 751756 OpenSUSE Security Update for json-c (openSUSE-SU-2022:0184-2)
  • 752541 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for json-c (SUSE-SU-2022:3001-1)
  • 900077 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for json-c 0.14
  • 901250 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for json-c (6506-1)
  • 902923 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for json-c (1949)
  • 940230 AlmaLinux Security Update for json-c (ALSA-2021:4382)
  • 941379 AlmaLinux Security Update for libfastjson (ALSA-2023:6431)
  • 941452 AlmaLinux Security Update for libfastjson (ALSA-2023:6976)
  • 960841 Rocky Linux Security Update for json-c (RLSA-2021:4382)
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