CVE-2019-11835

cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to multiline comments.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/compare/c69134d...93688cb	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/338	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/releases/tag/v1.7.11	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/compare/c69134d...93688cb	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/338	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/releases/tag/v1.7.11	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:timesten_in-memory_database:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

22 Jul 2025, 18:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:cjson_project:cjson::::::::	cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson::::::::
First Time		Davegamble cjson Davegamble

Information

Published : 2019-05-09 05:29

Updated : 2025-07-22 18:17

NVD link : CVE-2019-11835

Mitre link : CVE-2019-11835

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-11835

JSON object : View

Products Affected

oracle

timesten_in-memory_database

davegamble

cjson

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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