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CVE-2016-10749

critical

Description

parse_string in cJSON.c in cJSON before 2016-10-02 has a buffer over-read, as demonstrated by a string that begins with a " character and ends with a \ character.

References

https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/commit/94df772485c92866ca417d92137747b2e3b0a917

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-04-29

Updated: 2025-07-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00571