VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-11835
cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to multiline comments.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.56%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to multiline comments.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.56% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125, CWE-787
- Affected
- davegamble/cjson · oracle/timesten in-memory database
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/compare/c69134d...93688cbPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/338Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/releases/tag/v1.7.11Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/compare/c69134d...93688cbPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/338Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/releases/tag/v1.7.11Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.