Out-of-Bounds Affecting iperf3 package, versions <3.1.3-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.54% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-IPERF3-280869
  • published26 Sept 2016
  • disclosed26 Sept 2016

Introduced: 26 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-4303  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable iperf3 to version 3.1.3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream iperf3 package and not the iperf3 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

The parse_string function in cjson.c in the cJSON library mishandles UTF8/16 strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a non-hex character in a JSON string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Scores

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