DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4303

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4303
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4303.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4303
Upstream
Published
2016-09-26T14:59:01Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:14:04Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / iperf3

Package

Name
iperf3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/iperf3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / iperf3

Package

Name
iperf3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/iperf3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / iperf3

Package

Name
iperf3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/iperf3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / iperf3

Package

Name
iperf3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/iperf3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}