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.
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CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:es:iperf3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: certcc
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T00:25:14.113Z
Reserved: 2016-04-27T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-4303

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2016-09-26T14:59:01.553
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2016-4303

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