🛡️ CVE-2010-1666 — python-cjson

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-119 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in python-cjson

Buffer overflow in Dan Pascu python-cjson 1.0.5, when UCS-4 encoding is enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving crafted Unicode input to the cjson.encode function.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

Weakness class

CVE-2010-1666 is classified as CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Buffer Bounds. A read or write is performed without confirming it stays inside the allocated buffer, corrupting adjacent memory.

Affected software

CVE-2010-1666 is recorded against 1 package.

  • python-cjson (fixed in 1.0.5.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 15 October 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
bugs.launchpad.net (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
www.debian.org (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector 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
CWE CWE-119
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-10-15
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
python-cjson — 1.0.5.1

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