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ubuntu-cve-2013-6371

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2014-04-08 00:00

Modified

2026-04-22 07:37

Summary

Details

The hash functionality in json-c before 0.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted JSON data, involving collisions.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6371	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2245-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6371	REPORT

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CVE-2013-6371 (GCVE-0-2013-6371)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-04-21 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 17:39

Summary

The hash functionality in json-c before 0.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted JSON data, involving collisions.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

8 references

URL	Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1032311	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/57791	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66715	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://github.com/json-c/json-c/commit/64e36901a…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2014-04-09 00:00

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usn-2245-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2014-06-12 16:30

Modified

2026-04-22 07:36

Summary

json-c vulnerabilities

Details

Florian Weimer discovered that json-c incorrectly handled buffer lengths. An attacker could use this issue with a specially-crafted large JSON document to cause json-c to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-6370)

Florian Weimer discovered that json-c incorrectly handled hash arrays. An attacker could use this issue with a specially-crafted JSON document to cause json-c to consume CPU resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-6371)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2245-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6370	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6371	REPORT

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2013-6371

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2013-6371 (GCVE-0-2013-6371)

usn-2245-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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