What is CVE-2023-50472?

CVE-2023-50472 is a high-severity vulnerability in Davegamble Cjson, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-12-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-50472?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Davegamble Cjson

CVE-2023-50472

cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_SetValuestring at cJSON.c.

Published 2023-12-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Davegamble Cjson — versions 1.7.16

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/803 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-50472?: CVE-2023-50472 is a high-severity vulnerability in Davegamble Cjson, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-12-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-50472?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.