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title: "CVE-2016-10749\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2016-10749

Publication date 29 April 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**9.8 · Critical**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10749?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

parse\_string in cJSON.c in cJSON before 2016-10-02 has a buffer over-read,
as demonstrated by a string that begins with a " character and ends with a
\ character.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cjson | 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

9.8 · Critical

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10749)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10749)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-10749)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10749)

### Other references

* <https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/30>
* <https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/07/2>
* <https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/commit/94df772485c92866ca417d92137747b2e3b0a917>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10749>