Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libfastjson-devel package, versions <0:0.99.4-3.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-LIBFASTJSONDEVEL-5671953
  • published8 Jun 2023
  • disclosed9 May 2020

Introduced: 9 May 2020

CVE-2020-12762  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libfastjson-devel to version 0:0.99.4-3.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2079.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libfastjson-devel package and not the libfastjson-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

json-c through 0.14 has an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write via a large JSON file, as demonstrated by printbuf_memappend.

CVSS Base Scores

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