CVE-2018-1000217 is a critical Use After Free vulnerability (CWE-416) affecting Dave Gamble cJSON versions 1.7.3 and earlier. This flaw can lead to application crashes, data corruption, or even remote code execution, depending on how the cJSON library is integrated into an application. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.7.4CPE 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:H/I:H/A:H
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