CVE-2023-50472

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  3. CVE-2023-50472
cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_SetValuestring at cJSON.c.

7.5 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/803 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/803 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson:1.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

22 Jul 2025, 18:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Davegamble
Davegamble cjson
CPE cpe:2.3:a:cjson_project:cjson:1.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson:1.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

21 Nov 2024, 08:37

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/803 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/803 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

19 Dec 2023, 20:53

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:cjson_project:cjson:1.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/803 - () https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/803 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CWE CWE-476
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5

14 Dec 2023, 20:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2023-12-14 20:15

Updated : 2025-07-22 18:17

NVD link : CVE-2023-50472

Mitre link : CVE-2023-50472

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-50472

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Products Affected

davegamble

  • cjson
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference