DaveGamble/cJSON cJSON 1.7.8 is affected by: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions.
DaveGamble/cJSON cJSON 1.7.8 is affected by: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions. The impact is: Null dereference, so attack can cause denial of service. The component is: cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive() function. The attack vector is: crafted json file. The fixed version is: 1.7.9 and later.
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- Jul 19, 2019
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.4% · 84th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-476
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Report tools
Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.4%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| davegamble | cjson | cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson |
| oracle | timesten in-memory database | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:timesten_in-memory_database |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- davegamble cjson1.7.8
- oracle timesten in-memory databasebefore 18.1.3.1.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (dwf). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
DaveGamble/cJSON cJSON
- 1.7.8 [fixed: 1.7.9 and later]affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | cjson | before 1.7.10-1 | 1.7.10-1 |
Same product
davegamble: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2019-11835cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to multiline comments.40Plan
- CVE-2019-11834cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to \x00 in a string literal.40Plan
- CVE-2016-10749parse_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 en40Plan
- CVE-2018-1000217Dave Gamble cJSON version 1.7.3 and earlier contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in cJSON library that can result in Possible cr40Plan
- CVE-2025-57052cJSON 1.5.0 through 1.7.18 allows out-of-bounds access via the decode_array_index_from_pointer function in cJSON_Utils.c, allowing remote at39Monitor
- CVE-2018-1000216Dave Gamble cJSON version 1.7.2 and earlier contains a CWE-415: Double Free vulnerability in cJSON library that can result in Possible crash35Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:cjson | 1.7.10-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer DereferenceCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/commit/be749d7efa7c9021da746e685bd6dec79f9dd99b
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.