UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21907

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21907

    Published: 3 Jan 2024Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2024-21907

    Summary:

    Details: Newtonsoft.Json before version 13.0.1 is affected by a mishandling of exceptional conditions vulnerability. Crafted data that is passed to the JsonConvert.DeserializeObject method may trigger a StackOverflow exception resulting in denial of service. Depending on the usage of the library, an unauthenticated and remote attacker may be able to cause the denial of service condition.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-21907, https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json/issues/2457, https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json/pull/2462, https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json/commit/7e77bbe1beccceac4fc7b174b53abfefac278b66, https://alephsecurity.com/2018/10/22/StackOverflowException/, https://alephsecurity.com/vulns/aleph-2018004, https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-DOTNET-NEWTONSOFTJSON-2774678, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5crp-9r3c-p9vr, https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-5crp-9r3c-p9vr, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21907

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: newtonsoft-json

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    5.0r6+dfsg-1

    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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