Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU88522

Memory leak in cJSON - CVE-2018-1000215

Published: April 15, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU88522

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000215

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak when printing data. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

Affected software

cJSON
Juniper Cloud Native Router
Junos cRPD

How to mitigate CVE-2018-1000215

Install updates from vendor's website.

cJSON - update to 1.7.7
Juniper Cloud Native Router - update to 23.4R1
Junos cRPD - update to 23.4R1

External References

https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/267

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