CVE-2021-32292

An issue was discovered in json-c from 20200420 (post 0.14 unreleased code) through 0.15-20200726. A stack-buffer-overflow exists in the auxiliary sample program json_parse which is located in the function parseit.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

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

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/json-c/json-c/issues/654	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0010/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5486	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/json-c/json-c/issues/654	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0010/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5486	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.15-20200726:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

02 Apr 2025, 10:41

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0010/ -~~	() https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0010/ - Third Party Advisory
First Time		Json-c json-c Json-c Netapp active Iq Unified Manager Netapp
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:json-c_project:json-c:0.15-20200726:::::::*	cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:::::vmware_vsphere:: cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.15-20200726:::::::*

Information

Published : 2023-08-22 19:16

Updated : 2025-06-25 16:55

NVD link : CVE-2021-32292

Mitre link : CVE-2021-32292

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-32292

JSON object : View

Products Affected

json-c

json-c

netapp

active_iq_unified_manager

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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