CVE-2023-26819
cJSON 1.7.15 might allow a denial of service via a crafted JSON document such as {"a": true, "b": [ null,9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999912345678901234567]}.
02 Description
cJSON 1.7.15 might allow a denial of service via a crafted JSON document such as {"a": true, "b": [ null,9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999912345678901234567]}.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 14.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 2.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-04-19 00:00Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-03 19:28Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-02-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 2.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-440Expected Behavior ViolationBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- aff6545e63bef712c601e0dff21b5642a25faf282c5679136ffb7f5da0324910
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cjson Fixed in 1.7.15-1+deb12u3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cjson Fixed in 1.7.18-3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cjson Fixed in 1.7.18-3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- cjson Fixed in 1.7.15-1ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- cjson Fixed in 1.7.10-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS
- cjson Fixed in 1.7.17-1ubuntu0.1~esm3Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.