CVE-2018-1000217

Dave Gamble cJSON version 1.7.3 and earlier contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in cJSON library that can result in Possible crash, corruption of data or even RCE. This attack appear to be exploitable via Depends on how application uses cJSON library. If application provides network interface then can be exploited over a network, otherwise just local.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.4.
References
Link Resource
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/248 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/248 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

22 Jul 2025, 18:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Davegamble
Davegamble cjson
CPE cpe:2.3:a:cjson_project:cjson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

21 Nov 2024, 03:39

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/248 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/248 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2018-08-20 20:29

Updated : 2025-07-22 18:17


NVD link : CVE-2018-1000217

Mitre link : CVE-2018-1000217

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-1000217


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Products Affected

davegamble

  • cjson
CWE
CWE-416

Use After Free