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Vulnerability · Published Dec 14, 2023 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2023-50471

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the cjson package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 25.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_InsertItemInArray at cJSON.c.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20cjson1.7.17-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-50471
Alpine:v3.21cjson1.7.17-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-50471
Alpine:v3.22cjson1.7.17-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-50471
Alpine:v3.23cjson1.7.17-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-50471
Alpine:v3.24cjson1.7.17-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-50471
Debian:12cjson1.7.15-1+deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50471
Debian:13cjson1.7.17-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50471
Debian:14cjson1.7.17-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50471

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References