CVE-2013-6371

Published: Apr 22, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Json C: Json C · Fedoraproject: Fedora

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Json C Json C	Before 0.12-20140410

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 20

Related CWEs

CWE-310

References (16)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131845.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/57791

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:079

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66715

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1032311

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue Tracking

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92541

Source: secalert@redhat.com

VDB Entry

https://github.com/json-c/json-c/commit/64e36901a0614bf64a19bc3396469c66dcd0b015

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue TrackingPatch

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131845.html