Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Newtonsoft.Json

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Summary

CVECVE-2024-21907
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerVulnCheck
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-01-03 16:15:08 UTC
Updated2026-07-14 23:17:13 UTC
DescriptionNewtonsoft.Json before version 13.0.1 is affected by a mishandling of exceptional conditions vulnerability. Crafted data that is passed to the JsonConvert.DeserializeObject method may trigger a StackOverflow exception resulting in denial of service. Depending on the usage of the library, an unauthenticated and remote attacker may be able to cause the denial of service condition.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.329080000 probability, percentile 0.981680000 (date 2026-07-16)

Problem Types: CWE-755 | CWE-755 CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Newtonsoft Json.net All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-5crp-9r3c-p9vr af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 vulncheck.com Third Party Advisory
github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json/pull/2462 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5crp-9r3c-p9vr af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
alephsecurity.com/2018/10/22/StackOverflowException af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 alephsecurity.com Exploit
security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-DOTNET-NEWTONSOFTJSON-2774678 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.snyk.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json/commit/7e77bbe1beccceac4fc7b174b53abf... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
alephsecurity.com/vulns/aleph-2018004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 alephsecurity.com Exploit
github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json/issues/2457 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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