CVE-2016-10749

Published: Apr 29, 2019Modified: Jul 22, 2025

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

parse_string in cJSON.c in cJSON before 2016-10-02 has a buffer over-read, as demonstrated by a string that begins with a " character and ends with a \ character.

Affected (1)

Products: Davegamble: Cjson

Davegamble

1 product

Cjson

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Davegamble Cjson	Before 0.0.0

Related CWEs

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (6)

https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/commit/94df772485c92866ca417d92137747b2e3b0a917

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/30

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/07/2

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/commit/94df772485c92866ca417d92137747b2e3b0a917

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/30

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/07/2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

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