Use After Free in Davegamble Cjson

CVE-2018-1000217

Dave Gamble cJSON version 1.7.3 and earlier contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in cJSON library that can result in Possible crash, corruption of data or even RCE. This attack appear to be exploitable via Depends on how application uses cJSON library. If application provides network interface then can be exploited over a network, otherwise just local.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.4.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.0th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.0% 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-2018-1000217: held from 0.018 to 0.018.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

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Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000217?
CVE-2018-1000217 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Davegamble Cjson, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-08-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000217?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.