vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2016-4303: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Aug 19, 2016 | Aug 26, 2016 | Feb 4, 2022 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 19, 2016
Added
Aug 26, 2016
Modified
Feb 4, 2022
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.
Solutions
suse-upgrade-iperfsuse-upgrade-iperf-develsuse-upgrade-libiperf0
References
Rapid7 Labs
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