CVE-2016-4303

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The parse_string function in cjson.c in the cJSON library mishandles UTF8/16 strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a non-hex character in a JSON string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-120

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Sep 26, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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