Cjson
CVE-2023-26819
LOW
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2021 - Vulnerable and Outdated Components
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Expected behavior violation
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| Impact | CVSS score of 2.9 (LOW). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, high complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.10%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the low-severity affected system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026
cJSON 1.7.15 might allow a denial of service via a crafted JSON document such as {"a": true, "b": [ null,9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999912345678901234567]}. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
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RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-440. cJSON 1.7.15 might allow a denial of service via a crafted JSON document such as {"a": true, "b": [ null,9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999912345678901234567]}. Affected products include: Cjson Project Cjson.
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2DescriptionCVE.org
cJSON 1.7.15 might allow a denial of service via a crafted JSON document such as {"a": true, "b": [ null,9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999912345678901234567]}.
Executive ViewAI
CVE-2023-26819 is a low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 2.9). The limited severity suggests constrained impact, typically requiring specific conditions or local access for exploitation. Apply vendor updates when available as part of routine maintenance.
Apply vendor patch during routine maintenance. Standard security controls provide adequate interim protection.
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Attack Technique
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
cJSON 1.5.0 through 1.7.18 allows out-of-bounds access via the decode_array_index_from_pointer function in cJSON_Utils.c
cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to multiline comments. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this
cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to \x00 in a string literal. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8)
Dave Gamble cJSON version 1.7.3 and earlier contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in cJSON library that can r
Dave Gamble cJSON version 1.7.2 and earlier contains a CWE-415: Double Free vulnerability in cJSON library that can resu
cJSON v1.7.17 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation, which can trigger through the second parameter of func
cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_SetValuestring at cJSON.c. Rated
cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_InsertItemInArray at cJSON.c. Ra
DaveGamble/cJSON cJSON 1.7.8 is affected by: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions. Rated high severity (
Heap use-after-free in DaveGamble cJSON's cJSONUtils_MergePatch function (cJSON_Utils.c) affects all versions through 1.
Denial of service in cJSON (DaveGamble's C JSON parser) through version 1.7.19 lets a remote attacker crash any applicat
Denial of service in the cJSON C library (versions through 1.7.19) arises from exponential algorithmic complexity in the
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