SB2018082020 - Double Free in DaveGamble cJSON
Published: August 20, 2018 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018082020
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Double Free (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000216)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Dave Gamble cJSON version 1.7.2 and earlier contains a CWE-415: Double Free vulnerability in cJSON library that can result in Possible crash or RCE. This attack appear to be exploitable via Attacker must be able to force victim to print JSON data, depending on how cJSON library is used this could be either local or over a network. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.3.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.