Executive Summary
This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations | |||
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Name | CVE-2016-4303 | First vendor Publication | 2016-09-26 |
Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2022-06-30 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | |||
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Overall CVSS Score | 9.8 | ||
Base Score | 9.8 | Environmental Score | 9.8 |
impact SubScore | 5.9 | Temporal Score | 9.8 |
Exploitabality Sub Score | 3.9 | ||
Attack Vector | Network | Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | None | User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged | Confidentiality Impact | High |
Integrity Impact | High | Availability Impact | High |
Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
The parse_string function in cjson.c in the cJSON library mishandles UTF8/16 strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a non-hex character in a JSON string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. |
Original Source
Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4303 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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100 % | CWE-120 | Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 | |
Application | 1 | |
Os | 1 | |
Os | 1 | |
Os | 1 |
Snort® IPS/IDS
Date | Description |
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2016-07-13 | iperf3 heap overflow remote code execution attempt RuleID : 39165 - Revision : 2 - Type : SERVER-WEBAPP |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2016-08-22 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-1006.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-07-14 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-45402a6f3b.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-07-14 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-9693e82a25.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-07-14 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-d67864115d.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-06-09 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_d6bbf2d82cfc11e6800b080027468580.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
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