CVE-2018-1000216 is a critical double-free vulnerability (CWE-415) affecting Dave Gamble cJSON library versions 1.7.2 and earlier. This flaw can lead to a denial of service (crash) or potentially remote code execution (RCE). The vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 8.8 (High), indicating a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploitation requires an attacker to trick a victim into processing malicious JSON data, which could occur locally or over a network depending on the cJSON library's implementation. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.7.3CPE 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:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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