VDB-223513 · CVE-2023-1370 · Nessus 235062

Json-smart Array recursion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Json-smart and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Array Handler. This manipulation causes recursion. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-1370. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Json-smart (the affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Array Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a recursion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-674. The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

[Json-smart](https://netplex.github.io/json-smart/) is a performance focused, JSON processor lib. When reaching a ‘[‘ or ‘{‘ character in the JSON input, the code parses an array or an object respectively. It was discovered that the code does not have any limit to the nesting of such arrays or objects. Since the parsing of nested arrays and objects is done recursively, nesting too many of them can cause a stack exhaustion (stack overflow) and crash the software.

The weakness was presented 03/22/2023. The advisory is shared at research.jfrog.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-1370 since 03/13/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 235062 (Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control (April 2025 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (235062). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

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Json-smart

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Recursion
CWE: CWE-674 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 235062
Nessus Name: Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control (April 2025 CPU)

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Timelineinfo

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03/22/2023 +9 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: research.jfrog.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-1370 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-1370
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-223513

Entryinfo

Created: 03/22/2023 08:03
Updated: 05/02/2025 06:34
Changes: 03/22/2023 08:03 (45), 02/14/2025 03:24 (24), 05/02/2025 06:34 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:C1F:103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.