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    CVE-2023-50471

    cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_InsertItemInArray at cJSON.c.

    Published:Dec 14, 2023
    Last Modified:Nov 4, 2025
    EPS:Dec 14, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00189
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Davegamble
    Product
    Cjson
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Satellite
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Satellite Capsule

    Exploits

    https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/802https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/802

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2026-29036 (CVSS 8.7) — cJSON versions 1.5.0 through 1.7.19 contain an incorrectly-resolved name or reference vulnerability in the dec…
    CVE-2026-67217 (CVSS 6.9) — cJSON through 1.7.19 applies RFC 6902 JSON Patch operations non-atomically in apply_patch() in cJSON_Utils.c. …
    CVE-2026-67216 (CVSS 8.2) — cJSON through 1.7.19 contains an inefficient algorithmic complexity flaw in cJSON_Compare(). When comparing ob…
    CVE-2026-67215 (CVSS 8.7) — cJSON through 1.7.19 is vulnerable to uncontrolled recursion leading to stack exhaustion when an untrusted RFC…
    CVE-2026-16554 (CVSS 5.1) — cJSON library is vulnerable to an integer overflow in the print_string_ptr() function in cJSON.c on 32-bit pla…
    CVE-2025-57052 (CVSS 9.8) — cJSON 1.5.0 through 1.7.18 allows out-of-bounds access via the decode_array_index_from_pointer function in cJS…
    CVE-2023-50472 (CVSS 7.5) — cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_SetValuestring at cJSO…
    CVE-2019-1010239 (CVSS 7.5) — DaveGamble/cJSON cJSON 1.7.8 is affected by: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions. The impact …
    CVE-2019-11835 (CVSS 9.8) — cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to multiline comments.…

    References

    https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/802
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00023.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EO4XCUTY3ZMVW4YBG6DBYVS5NSMNP6JY/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSI3LL6ZNKYNM5JKPA5FKZTATL4MPF7V/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YQOQ7CAOYBNHGAMNOR7ELGLC22HV3ZQV/
    https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/802
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00023.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EO4XCUTY3ZMVW4YBG6DBYVS5NSMNP6JY/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSI3LL6ZNKYNM5JKPA5FKZTATL4MPF7V/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YQOQ7CAOYBNHGAMNOR7ELGLC22HV3ZQV/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EO4XCUTY3ZMVW4YBG6DBYVS5NSMNP6JY/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JSI3LL6ZNKYNM5JKPA5FKZTATL4MPF7V/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YQOQ7CAOYBNHGAMNOR7ELGLC22HV3ZQV/

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