CVE-2023-50471

cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_InsertItemInArray at cJSON.c.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/802	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00023.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EO4XCUTY3ZMVW4YBG6DBYVS5NSMNP6JY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSI3LL6ZNKYNM5JKPA5FKZTATL4MPF7V/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YQOQ7CAOYBNHGAMNOR7ELGLC22HV3ZQV/
https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/802	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00023.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EO4XCUTY3ZMVW4YBG6DBYVS5NSMNP6JY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSI3LL6ZNKYNM5JKPA5FKZTATL4MPF7V/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YQOQ7CAOYBNHGAMNOR7ELGLC22HV3ZQV/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson:1.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

22 Jul 2025, 18:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Davegamble cjson Davegamble
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:cjson_project:cjson:1.7.16:::::::*	cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson:1.7.16:::::::*

Information

Published : 2023-12-14 20:15

Updated : 2025-07-22 18:17

NVD link : CVE-2023-50471

Mitre link : CVE-2023-50471

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-50471

JSON object : View

Products Affected

davegamble

cjson

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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