CVE catalog

CVE-2018-1000215

cjson: CVE-2018-1000215

Severity: Medium
Published: Aug 20, 2018, 8:29:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 1.69% · Oct 25, 2026

Dave Gamble cJSON version 1.7.6 and earlier contains a CWE-772 vulnerability in cJSON library that can result in Denial of Service (DoS). This attack appear to be exploitable via If the attacker can force the data to be printed and the system is in low memory it can force a leak of memory. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.7.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	cjson	sid	`1.7.19-2`	fixed
Debian	cjson	forky	`1.7.19-2`	fixed
Debian	cjson	trixie	`1.7.18-3.1+deb13u1`	fixed
Debian	cjson	trixie-security	`1.7.18-3.1+deb13u1`	fixed
Debian	cjson	bookworm	`1.7.15-1+deb12u4`	fixed
Debian	cjson	bookworm-security	`1.7.15-1+deb12u4`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	cjson	source	sid	`1.7.7-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	cjson	source	forky	`1.7.7-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	cjson	source	trixie	`1.7.7-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	cjson	source	bookworm	`1.7.7-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[libcjson1]Unknown
Source package: [cjson]
Details (4)
- 1.7.15-1+deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.7.7-1
  dsa · cjson · debian · bookworm; dsa · cjson · debian · 12
- 1.7.15-1+deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.7.7-1
  dsa · cjson · debian · bookworm; dsa · cjson · debian · 12
- 1.7.15-1+deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.7.7-1
  dsa · cjson · debian · bookworm; dsa · cjson · debian · 12
- 1.7.15-1+deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.7.7-1
  dsa · cjson · debian · bookworm; dsa · cjson · debian · 12
[libcjson-dev]Unknown
Source package: [cjson]
Details (4)
- 1.7.15-1+deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.7.7-1
  dsa · cjson · debian · bookworm; dsa · cjson · debian · 12
- 1.7.15-1+deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.7.7-1
  dsa · cjson · debian · bookworm; dsa · cjson · debian · 12
- 1.7.15-1+deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.7.7-1
  dsa · cjson · debian · bookworm; dsa · cjson · debian · 12
- 1.7.15-1+deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.7.7-1
  dsa · cjson · debian · bookworm; dsa · cjson · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[libcjson1]Unknown
Source package: [cjson]
Details (4)
- 1.7.18-3.1+deb13u1 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.7.7-1
  dsa · cjson · debian · 13
- 1.7.18-3.1+deb13u1 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.7.7-1
  dsa · cjson · debian · 13
- 1.7.18-3.1+deb13u1 · amd64 · trixie-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.7.7-1
  dsa · cjson · debian · 13
- 1.7.18-3.1+deb13u1 · arm64 · trixie-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.7.7-1
  dsa · cjson · debian · 13
[libcjson-dev]Unknown
Source package: [cjson]
Details (4)
- 1.7.18-3.1+deb13u1 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.7.7-1
  dsa · cjson · debian · 13
- 1.7.18-3.1+deb13u1 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.7.7-1
  dsa · cjson · debian · 13
- 1.7.18-3.1+deb13u1 · amd64 · trixie-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.7.7-1
  dsa · cjson · debian · 13
- 1.7.18-3.1+deb13u1 · arm64 · trixie-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.7.7-1
  dsa · cjson · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:32:25 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]