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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4303

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 (cras...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 iperf3

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.3-1"}]}]

Debian:13 iperf3

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.3-1"}]}]

Debian:14 iperf3

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.3-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org