CVE catalog
CVE-2021-32292
json-c: CVE-2021-32292
- Severity
- Critical · CVSS 9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.35% · Oct 25, 2026
An issue was discovered in json-c from 20200420 (post 0.14 unreleased code) through 0.15-20200726. A stack-buffer-overflow exists in the auxiliary sample program json_parse which is located in the function parseit.
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 | json-c | sid | 0.19+ds-1 | fixed |
| Debian | json-c | forky | 0.19+ds-1 | fixed |
| Debian | json-c | trixie | 0.18+ds-1 | fixed |
| Debian | json-c | bookworm | 0.16-2 | fixed |
| Cpe | active_iq_unified_manager | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | json-c | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Ubuntu | json-c | 22.04 | 0.15-2build2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | json-c | 22.04 | 0.15-2build3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | json-c | 22.04 | 0.15-2build4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | json-c | 22.04 | 0.15-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | json-c | 22.04 | 0.15-3~ubuntu1.22.04.2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | json-c | 22.04 | 0.15-2build2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | json-c | 22.04 | 0.15-2build3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | json-c | 22.04 | 0.15-2build4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | json-c | 22.04 | 0.15-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | json-c | 22.04 | 0.15-3~ubuntu1.22.04.2 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | json-c | source | sid | 0.16-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | json-c | source | forky | 0.16-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | json-c | source | trixie | 0.16-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | json-c | source | bookworm | 0.16-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | json-c | deb | 22.04 | 0.15-3~ubuntu1.22.04.2 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32292 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | json-c | deb | 22.04 | 0.15-3~ubuntu1.22.04.2 | Not reported | USN-6310-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libjson-c5]Fixed
Source package: [json-c]
Details (2)
0.16-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.16-1dsa · json-c · debian · bookworm
0.16-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.16-1dsa · json-c · debian · bookworm
- [libjson-c-dev]Fixed
Source package: [json-c]
Details (2)
0.16-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.16-1dsa · json-c · debian · bookworm
0.16-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.16-1dsa · json-c · debian · bookworm
- [libjson-c-doc]Fixed
Source package: [json-c]
Details (2)
0.16-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.16-1dsa · json-c · debian · bookworm
0.16-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.16-1dsa · json-c · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-398330.json]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32292]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5486-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32292]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6310-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-32292]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2021/cve-2021-32292.json]
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