CVE-2018-1000215 describes a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Dave Gamble cJSON versions 1.7.6 and earlier. This flaw, categorized as CWE-772 (Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime), can be triggered if an attacker forces the library to print data on a system with low memory, leading to a memory leak and subsequent DoS. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), it is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.7.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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