7.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2020-12762

Published: 09/05/2020 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 605
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

json-c up to and including 0.14 has an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write via a large JSON file, as demonstrated by printbuf_memappend.

Vulnerability Trend

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Debian Bug report logs - #960326 json-c: CVE-2020-12762 Package: src:json-c; Maintainer for src:json-c is Debian QA Group <packages@qadebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 19:57:01 UTC Severity: grave Tags: security, upstream Found in version json-c/0131+dfsg-7 ...
json-c could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted JSON file ...
json-c could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted JSON file ...
Tobias Stoeckmann discovered an integer overflow in the json-c JSON library, which could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if large malformed JSON files are processed For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 0121+ds-2+deb10u1 We recommend that you upgrade your json-c p ...
json-c through 014 has an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write via a large JSON file, as demonstrated by printbuf_memappend (CVE-2020-12762) ...
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A flaw was found in json-c In printbuf_memappend, certain crafted values can overflow the memory allowing an attacker to write past the memory boundary The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability (CVE-2020-12762) ...
json-c through 014 has an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write via a large JSON file, as demonstrated by printbuf_memappend (CVE-2020-12762) ...
A flaw was found in json-c In printbuf_memappend, certain crafted values can overflow the memory allowing an attacker to write past the memory boundary The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability ...