CVE catalog
CVE-2023-50472
cJSON vulnerabilities
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.97% · Oct 25, 2026
cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_SetValuestring at cJSON.c.
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 |
| Ubuntu | cjson | noble | 1.7.15-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | cjson | noble | 1.7.17-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libcjson-dev | noble | 1.7.17-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libcjson1 | noble | 1.7.17-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | fixed |
| Alpine | cjson | 3.15 | 1.7.17-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cjson | 3.16 | 1.7.17-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cjson | 3.17 | 1.7.17-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cjson | 3.18 | 1.7.17-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cjson | 3.19 | 1.7.17-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cjson | 3.20 | 1.7.17-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cjson | 3.21 | 1.7.17-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cjson | 3.22 | 1.7.17-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cjson | 3.23 | 1.7.17-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cjson | 3.24 | 1.7.17-r0 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | cjson | pro | 1.7.14-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | cjson | pro | 1.7.15-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | cjson | pro | 1.7.15-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | cjson | source | sid | 1.7.17-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [1059287] |
| Debian | cjson | source | forky | 1.7.17-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [1059287] |
| Debian | cjson | source | trixie | 1.7.17-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [1059287] |
| Debian | cjson | source | bookworm | 1.7.15-1+deb12u1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1059287] |
| Ubuntu | cjson | deb | noble | 1.7.15-1+deb12u1 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | cjson | deb | noble | 1.7.17-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | libcjson-dev | deb | noble | 1.7.17-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | libcjson1 | deb | noble | 1.7.17-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Alpine | cjson | apk | 3.15 | 1.7.17-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50472 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cjson | apk | 3.16 | 1.7.17-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50472 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cjson | apk | 3.17 | 1.7.17-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50472 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cjson | apk | 3.18 | 1.7.17-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50472 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cjson | apk | 3.19 | 1.7.17-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50472 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cjson | apk | 3.20 | 1.7.17-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50472 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cjson | apk | 3.21 | 1.7.17-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50472 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cjson | apk | 3.22 | 1.7.17-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50472 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cjson | apk | 3.23 | 1.7.17-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50472 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cjson | apk | 3.24 | 1.7.17-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50472 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | cjson | deb | pro | 1.7.15-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50472 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9838]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_0139-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2023-50472]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50472]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50472]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-50472]
- [https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6784-1]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX] · [Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)]