cJSON 1.5.0 through 1.7.18 allows out-of-bounds access via the decode_array_index_from_pointer function in cJSON_Utils.c, allowing remote attackers to bypass array bounds checking and access restricted data via malformed JSON pointer strings containing alphanumeric characters.
History

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First Time appeared Cjson Project
Cjson Project cjson
Vendors & Products Cjson Project
Cjson Project cjson

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Weaknesses CWE-125
CWE-129
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description cJSON 1.5.0 through 1.7.18 allows out-of-bounds access via the decode_array_index_from_pointer function in cJSON_Utils.c, allowing remote attackers to bypass array bounds checking and access restricted data via malformed JSON pointer strings containing alphanumeric characters.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-03T17:41:11.483Z

Reserved: 2025-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-57052

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-09-03T17:38:12.817Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-09-03T15:15:38.250

Modified: 2025-09-03T18:15:35.763

Link: CVE-2025-57052

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-09-03T20:26:48Z