Vulnerability · Published Dec 14, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-50472
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the cjson package (Alpine). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 38.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_SetValuestring at cJSON.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | cjson | 1.7.17-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50472 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | cjson | 1.7.17-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50472 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | cjson | 1.7.17-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50472 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | cjson | 1.7.17-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50472 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | cjson | 1.7.17-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50472 |
| Debian:12 | cjson | 1.7.15-1+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50472 |
| Debian:13 | cjson | 1.7.17-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50472 |
| Debian:14 | cjson | 1.7.17-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50472 |