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CVE-2022-45494 (GCVE-0-2022-45494)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-31 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-27 18:30
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow vulnerability in function json_parse_object in sheredom json.h before commit 0825301a07cbf51653882bf2b153cc81fdadf41 (November 14, 2022) allows attackers to code arbitrary code and gain escalated privileges.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-27 18:29 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
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