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CVE-2016-10749

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-04-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

parse_string in cJSON.c in cJSON before 2016-10-02 has a buffer over-read, as demonstrated by a string that begins with a " character and ends with a \ character.

Affected products

• DaveGamble cJSON: before 0.0.0 — fixed in 0.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: DaveGamble cJSON 0.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/commit/94df772485c92866ca417d92137747b2e3b0a917
• https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/30
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/07/2
• https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/commit/94df772485c92866ca417d92137747b2e3b0a917
• https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/30
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/07/2

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