CVE-2022-45496 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow vulnerability in function json_parse_string in sheredom json.h before commit 0825301a07cbf51653882bf2b153cc81fdadf41 (November 14, 2022) allows attackers to code arbitrary code and gain escalated privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0009.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Json.h Project	Json.h

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:json.h_project:json.h:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/hyrathon/trophies/security/advisories/GHSA-29hf-wrjw-2f28
https://github.com/sheredom/json.h/issues/92

History

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}` cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-02-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-26T15:45:49.441Z

Reserved: 2022-11-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-45496

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:17:03.657Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-03T21:15:10.560

Modified: 2025-03-26T16:15:15.743

Link: CVE-2022-45496

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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