CVE-2018-17072 is a critical buffer over-read vulnerability (CWE-125) affecting JSON++ through version 2016-06-15, specifically within the yyparse() function in json.y. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows for remote, low-complexity attacks that can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2016-06-15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:json\+\+_project:json\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.