Submit #654073: Davide Faconti BehaviorTree 4.7.0 / master commit 8d47d39 NULL Pointer Dereferenceinfo

TitleDavide Faconti BehaviorTree 4.7.0 / master commit 8d47d39 NULL Pointer Dereference
DescriptionBehaviorTree.CPP version 4.7.0 (master commit 8d47d39) is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference / invalid JSON access in the JsonExporter::fromJson() function (src/json_export.cpp). The function assumes the presence of a __type field and directly indexes into JSON objects without validating their structure. When the source parameter is a JSON array whose first element is not an object (or when the __type field is missing), the code attempts to access source[0]["__type"], resulting in undefined behavior. This leads to a segmentation fault in nlohmann::json::is_object() when dereferencing a null internal pointer.
Source⚠️ https://github.com/BehaviorTree/BehaviorTree.CPP/issues/1008
User
 sand (UID 90194)
Submission09/14/2025 10:33 (7 months ago)
Moderation09/26/2025 08:34 (12 days later)
StatusAccepted
VulDB entry325954 [BehaviorTree up to 4.7.0 /src/json_export.cpp JsonExporter::fromJson Source null pointer dereference]
Points20

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