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Vulnerability · Published Feb 23, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-27568

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the net.minidev:json-smart package (Maven). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.9% (higher than 87% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.9%top 13.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

An issue was discovered in netplex json-smart-v1 through 2015-10-23 and json-smart-v2 through 2.4. An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught, as demonstrated by NumberFormatException. When it is not caught, it may cause programs using the library to crash or expose sensitive information.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Mavennet.minidev:json-smart1.3.2GHSA-v528-7hrm-frqp
Mavennet.minidev:json-smart2.4.1GHSA-v528-7hrm-frqp
Mavennet.minidev:json-smart2.3.1GHSA-v528-7hrm-frqp
Mavennet.minidev:json-smart-mini1.3.2GHSA-v528-7hrm-frqp

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References