Description
An issue was discovered in json-c from 20200420 (post 0.14 unreleased code) through 0.15-20200726. A stack-buffer-overflow exists in the auxiliary sample program json_parse which is located in the function parseit.
Affected products
netapp: active iq unified manager; json-c: json-c
References7
- github.com/json-c/json-c/issues/654 ExploitIssue Tracking
- github.com/json-c/json-c/issues/654 ExploitIssue Tracking
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0010/ Third Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5486 Third Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0010/ Third Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5486 Third Party Advisory
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.8
CRITICAL
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 72 · as of 5 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-787
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