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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2021-32292

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CVE-2021-32292

json-c: stack-buffer-overflow in parseit() in json_parse.c

Published Modified CWE 787
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, CBL-Mariner, Photon OS. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium).

Description

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
CBL-Mariner 2.0json-c0:0.15-2.cm2
Photon OS 4.0json-c, json-c-devel0.15-4.ph4
conan::GitLab Advisory Database Communityjson-c0.16
debian 11json-c0.15-2+deb11u1
debian 12json-c0.16-1
debian 13json-c0.16-1
debian 14json-c0.16-1
echojson-c0.16-1
ubuntu 22.04json-c0.15-3~ubuntu1.22.04.2
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SourcePackageFixed in
CBL-Mariner 2.0json-c0:0.15-2.cm2
Photon OS 4.0json-c0.15-4.ph4
Photon OS 4.0json-c-devel0.15-4.ph4
conan::GitLab Advisory Database Communityjson-c0.16
debian 11json-c0.15-2+deb11u1
debian 12json-c0.16-1
debian 13json-c0.16-1
debian 14json-c0.16-1
echojson-c0.16-1
ubuntu 22.04json-c0.15-3~ubuntu1.22.04.2

References

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