Out-of-bounds Write Affecting json-c package, versions <0.15-2+deb11u1


0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.08% (33rd percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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Red Hat
6.2 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-JSONC-5858561
  • published 25 Aug 2023
  • disclosed 22 Aug 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 json-c to version 0.15-2+deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream json-c package and not the json-c package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in json-c from 20200420 (post 0.14 unreleased code) through 0.15-20200726. A stack-buffer-overflow exists in the auxiliary sample program json_parse which is located in the function parseit.