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:iperf3_project:iperf3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:es:iperf3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:25:14.113Z

Reserved: 2016-04-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4303

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-26T14:59:01.553

Modified: 2025-01-15T19:12:53.237

Link: CVE-2016-4303

cve-icon Redhat

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