UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000215

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000215

    Published: 20 Aug 2018Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025

    Summary:

    Details: Dave Gamble cJSON version 1.7.6 and earlier contains a CWE-772 vulnerability in cJSON library that can result in Denial of Service (DoS). This attack appear to be exploitable via If the attacker can force the data to be printed and the system is in low memory it can force a leak of memory. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.7.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000215, https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/267, https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/commit/af5b4911de6e00306370460d978ac1654d3aeaec, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000215

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cjson

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.7.10-1.1

    Affected versions

    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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