| Name | CVE-2023-50472 |
| Description | cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_SetValuestring at cJSON.c. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1059287 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| cjson (PTS) | buster | 1.7.10-1.1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1.7.10-1.1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.7.14-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.7.15-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1.7.17-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| cjson | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| cjson | source | (unstable) | 1.7.17-1 | unimportant | | 1059287 |
Notes
[buster] - cjson <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/803
Fixed by: https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/commit/60ff122ef5862d04b39b150541459e7f5e35add8
Seems bogus, this isn't a DoS but only a broken use of an API