Bug 2254643 (CVE-2023-50472) - CVE-2023-50472 cjson: segmentation violation in function cJSON_SetValuestring
Summary: CVE-2023-50472 cjson: segmentation violation in function cJSON_SetValuestring
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-50472
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2254650 2254651 2254649
Blocks: 2254638
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-12-15 00:38 UTC by Robb Gatica
Modified: 2024-01-26 16:34 UTC (History)
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A flaw was discovered in the cJSON package. Certain input conditions may trigger a null pointer dereference, which can lead to a denial of service.
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Description Robb Gatica 2023-12-15 00:38:15 UTC 
cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_SetValuestring at cJSON.c.

https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/803
Comment 2 Robb Gatica 2023-12-15 00:48:31 UTC 
Created cjson tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2254649]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2254650]
Comment 4 Eric Helms 2024-01-26 16:34:28 UTC 
According to https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/releases/tag/v1.7.17 this has been fixed upstream.
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