Buffer overflow in the printbuf APIs in json-c before 0.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:079 | vendor advisory broken link |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1032322 | issue tracking |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/57791 | third party advisory permissions required |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92540 | vdb entry |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131845.html | mailing list vendor advisory |
| https://github.com/json-c/json-c/commit/64e36901a0614bf64a19bc3396469c66dcd0b015 | patch exploit |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66720 | vdb entry third party advisory |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html | third party advisory |