parse_string in cJSON.c in cJSON before 2016-10-02 has a buffer over-read, as…
Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-125Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
parse_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 ends with a \ character.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02489 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 0.0.0 | Vulnerable | DaveGamble |
- cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.0.0 Vulnerable ·DaveGamble
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-10749
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6q52-cg2r-w8jw
References
More DaveGamble Cjson vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-35424 cJSON 1.5.0 through 1.7.18 allows out-of-bounds access via the… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-27613 cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_SetValuestring at cJSON.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-47533 cJSON JSON Patch Non-Atomic Application Destroys Data Before Validation CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-47532 cJSON cJSON_Compare Exponential Complexity Denial of Service CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2019-08871 cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to multiline comments. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-08870 cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to \x00 in a string literal. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-10749 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-10749 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6q52-cg2r-w8jw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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