CVE-2021-32292
A stack-buffer-overflow exists in the auxiliary sample program json_parse which is located in the function parseit.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- 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
- 1.35% probability · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- netapp/active iq unified manager · json-c/json-c
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.4% since 26 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/json-c/json-c/issues/654Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0010/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5486Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/json-c/json-c/issues/654Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0010/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5486Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.