CVE-2016-4303 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the cJSON library's parse_string function, affecting products like Debian, Novell, and openSUSE. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted JSON string containing a non-hex character, leading to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.0, < 3.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:es:iperf3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.1, < 3.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:es:iperf3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterprise:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.