CVE-2020-12762
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.90 % · percentile 80 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
json-c through 0.14 has an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write via a large JSON file, as demonstrated by printbuf_memappend.
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/json-c/json-c/pull/592
- https://github.com/rsyslog/libfastjson/issues/161
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CQQRRGBQCAWNCCJ2HN3W5SSCZ4QGMXQI/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4360-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBR36IXYBHITAZFB5PFBJTED22WO5ONB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W226TSCJBEOXDUFVKNWNH7ETG7AR6MCS/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00032.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00034.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4360-4/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-13
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00031.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4741
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210521-0001/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-637483.pdf
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00023.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00021.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-637483.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-202008.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2020-5047
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2020-12762
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0218 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-1015 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-814 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits SIEMENS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-386 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans IBM QRadar SIEM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 0.15-20200726cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:1.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:1.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |