Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU77812

#VU77812 Memory leak in yajl - CVE-2023-33460

Published: June 29, 2023

Vulnerability identifier: #VU77812

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-33460

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
yajl

Software vendor:
Lloyd Hilaiel

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the yajl_tree_parse() function. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.