SB2023122617 - Multiple vulnerabilities in cJSON

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-50472)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the cJSON_SetValuestring() function in cJSON.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-50471)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the cJSON_InsertItemInArray() function in cJSON.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/803
• https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/releases/tag/v1.7.17
• https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/802