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parse_string in cJSON.c in cJSON before 2016-10-02 has a...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jul 22, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

parse_string in cJSON.c in cJSON before 2016-10-02 has a buffer over-read, as demonstrated by a string that begins with a " character and ends with a \ character.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 29, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jul 22, 2025

Severity

High

EPSS score

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(68th percentile)

Weaknesses

Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2016-10749

GHSA ID

GHSA-6q52-cg2r-w8jw

Source code

No known source code

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