Description
Tencent RapidJSON is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to an integer underflow in the `GenericReader::ParseNumber()` function of `include/rapidjson/reader.h` when parsing JSON text from a stream. An attacker needs to send the victim a crafted file which needs to be opened; this triggers the integer underflow vulnerability (when the file is parsed), leading to elevation of privilege.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.8/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Tencent | RapidJSON | <= 1.1.0 |
References
- https://github.com/Tencent/rapidjson/pull/1261/commits/8269bc2bc289e9d343bae51cdf6d23ef0950e001
- https://github.com/fmalita/rapidjson/commit/8269bc2bc289e9d343bae51cdf6d23ef0950e001
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38517
- https://github.com/Tencent/rapidjson/pull/1261/commits/8269bc2bc289e9d343bae51cdf6d23ef0950e001
- https://github.com/fmalita/rapidjson/commit/8269bc2bc289e9d343bae51cdf6d23ef0950e001
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38517
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240905-0001/
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 9, 2024
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Deferred