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cve[email protected]CVE-2016-4303
HistorySep 26, 2016 - 2:59 p.m.

CVE-2016-4303

2016-09-2614:59:01
CWE-120
web.nvd.nist.gov
166
4
cjson
cve-2016-4303
denial of service
arbitrary code execution
buffer overflow
nvd

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

9.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.017

Percentile

87.9%

The parse_string function in cjson.c in the cJSON library mishandles UTF8/16 strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a non-hex character in a JSON string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
iperf3_projectiperf3Range3.03.0.12
OR
iperf3_projectiperf3Range3.13.1.3
Node
novellsuse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterpriseMatch12
OR
opensuseleapMatch42.1
OR
opensuseopensuseMatch13.2
Node
debiandebian_linuxMatch8.0

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CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

9.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.017

Percentile

87.9%