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Vulnerability · Published Oct 4, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2024-47855

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the libjson-java package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 17.6% (higher than 97% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)17.6%top 2.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

util/JSONTokener.java in JSON-lib before 3.1.0 mishandles an unbalanced comment string.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12libjson-javano fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-47855
Debian:13libjson-java3.1.0+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47855
Debian:14libjson-java3.1.0+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47855
Mavennet.sf.json-lib:json-libno fix listedGHSA-wwcp-26wc-3fxm
Mavenorg.kordamp.json:json-lib-core3.1.0GHSA-wwcp-26wc-3fxm
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlibjson-javano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47855
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlibjson-javano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47855
Ubuntu:25.10libjson-javano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47855
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlibjson-javano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47855
Ubuntu:26.10libjson-javano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47855

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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References