Vulnerability in Davegamble Cjson

CVE-2018-1000215

Dave Gamble cJSON version 1.7.6 and earlier contains a CWE-772 vulnerability in cJSON library that can result in Denial of Service (DoS). This attack appear to be exploitable via If the attacker can force the data to be printed and the system is in low memory it can force a leak of memory. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.7.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.2th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-1000215: held from 0.017 to 0.017.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000215?
CVE-2018-1000215 is a high-severity vulnerability in Davegamble Cjson, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-08-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000215?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.