Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU31075

Buffer overflow in cJSON - CVE-2019-11834

Published: May 9, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU31075

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11834

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: DaveGamble

Affected software:
cJSON

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to x00 in a string literal.

Install update from vendor's website.