Vulnerability · Published Apr 26, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-36325
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the jansson package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in Jansson through 2.13.1. Due to a parsing error in json_loads, there's an out-of-bounds read-access bug. NOTE: the vendor reports that this only occurs when a programmer fails to follow the API specification
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | jansson | 0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-36325 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | jansson | 0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-36325 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | jansson | 0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-36325 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | jansson | 0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-36325 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | jansson | 0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-36325 |
| Debian:12 | jansson | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36325 |
| Debian:13 | jansson | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36325 |
| Debian:14 | jansson | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36325 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson/issues/548 x_refsource_MISC