CVE-2026-87933
DaveGamble cJSON cJSON_Utils.c cJSONUtils_MergePatch use after free
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.5%
A vulnerability was found in DaveGamble cJSON up to 1.7.19. The affected element is the function cJSONUtils_MergePatch of the file cJSON_Utils.c. The manipulation results in use after free. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.
- Affected
- DaveGamble · cJSON
- CVSS v4.0 VULDB
- 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS v3.1 VULDB
- 7.3 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS v2.0 VULDB
- 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 43rd percentile
- Published
- 2026-09-10
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/106013025★ · 2026-09-16