CVE-2016-4303

Critical

Description

The parse_string function in cjson.c in the cJSON library mishandles UTF8/16 strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a non-hex character in a JSON string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductEs Iperf3
PublishedSep 26, 2016
First seenSep 26, 2016

How to fix

Update
  • es iperf33.0.12, 3.1.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
es iperf33.0 ≤ v < 3.0.12, 3.1 ≤ v < 3.1.33.0.12, 3.1.3
novell suse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterprise12—
opensuse leap42.1—
opensuse opensuse13.2—
debian debian_linux8.0—

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