CVE-2013-6371

The hash functionality in json-c before 0.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted JSON data, involving collisions.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131845.html	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57791	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:079	Broken Link
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66715	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1032311	Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92541	VDB Entry
https://github.com/json-c/json-c/commit/64e36901a0614bf64a19bc3396469c66dcd0b015	Issue Tracking Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131845.html	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57791	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:079	Broken Link
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66715	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1032311	Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92541	VDB Entry
https://github.com/json-c/json-c/commit/64e36901a0614bf64a19bc3396469c66dcd0b015	Issue Tracking Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2014-04-22 13:06

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2013-6371

Mitre link : CVE-2013-6371

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2013-6371

JSON object : View

Products Affected

json-c

json-c

fedoraproject

fedora

CWE

CWE-310

Cryptographic Issues

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