CVE-2018-1000217

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    CVE-2018-1000217

    Published: 20 Aug 2018Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Dave Gamble cJSON version 1.7.3 and earlier contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in cJSON library that can result in Possible crash, corruption of data or even RCE. This attack appear to be exploitable via Depends on how application uses cJSON library. If application provides network interface then can be exploited over a network, otherwise just local.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.4.

    References: https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/248

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6f264b5d0c7a494934ca418634c47365f8b87e5a

    Affected versions

    v1.7.3
    v1.7.2
    v1.7.1
    v1.7.0

    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