Dave Gamble cJSON Library up to 1.7.6 resource management

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Dave Gamble cJSON Library up to 1.7.6 (Software Library). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Dave Gamble cJSON version 1.7.6 and earlier contains a CWE-772 vulnerability in cJSON library that can result in Denial of Service (DoS). This attack appear to be exploitable via If the attacker can force the data to be printed and the system is in low memory it can force a leak of memory. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.7.

The bug was discovered 05/21/2018. The weakness was shared 08/20/2018 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-1000215 since 08/20/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 91 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 1.7.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries 123051 and 123050 are related to this item.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: cJSON Library 1.7.7

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05/21/2018 🔍
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Advisory: 267
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-1000215 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/21/2018 06:49
Updated: 05/02/2023 15:03
Changes: 08/21/2018 06:49 (59), 03/16/2020 21:09 (2), 05/02/2023 15:03 (4)
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