Dave Gamble cJSON version 1.7.3 and earlier contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in cJSON library that can result in Possible crash, corruption of data or even RCE. This attack appear to be exploitable via Depends on how application uses cJSON library. If application provides network interface then can be exploited over a network, otherwise just local.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.4.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-1887 Dave Gamble cJSON version 1.7.3 and earlier contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in cJSON library that can result in Possible crash, corruption of data or even RCE. This attack appear to be exploitable via Depends on how application uses cJSON library. If application provides network interface then can be exploited over a network, otherwise just local.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.4.
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Tue, 22 Jul 2025 18:30:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:45:43.200Z

Reserved: 2018-08-20T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2018-1000217

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-20T20:29:00.737

Modified: 2025-07-22T18:17:45.530

Link: CVE-2018-1000217

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