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CVE-2018-1000215

HIGHEPSS 74th pctl
7.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Dave Gamble cJSON version 1.7.6 and earlier contains a CWE-772 vulnerability in cJSON library that can result in Denial of Service (DoS). This attack appear to be exploitable via If the attacker can force the data to be printed and the system is in low memory it can force a leak of memory. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.7.

How to fix

Remediation Available
cjsonDebian
Fixed in:1.7.7-1CVE-2018-1000215
Fixed in:1.7.7-1CVE-2018-1000215
Fixed in:1.7.7-1CVE-2018-1000215
Fixed in:1.7.7-1CVE-2018-1000215

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.68%probability of exploitation in 30 days
74thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 74% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-07-22.