CVE-2013-6371

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    CVE-2013-6371

    Published: 22 Apr 2014Last Modified: 7 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The hash functionality in json-c before 0.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted JSON data, involving collisions.

    References: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131845.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/57791, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:079, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66715, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92541, https://github.com/json-c/json-c/commit/64e36901a0614bf64a19bc3396469c66dcd0b015, http://secunia.com/advisories/57791, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1032311, https://github.com/json-c/json-c/commit/64e36901a0614bf64a19bc3396469c66dcd0b015

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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