UBUNTU-CVE-2025-57052

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-57052
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-57052.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-57052
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-09-03T15:15:00Z
Modified
2026-02-04T03:49:26.812384Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

cJSON 1.5.0 through 1.7.18 allows out-of-bounds access via the decodearrayindexfrompointer function in cJSON_Utils.c, allowing remote attackers to bypass array bounds checking and access restricted data via malformed JSON pointer strings containing alphanumeric characters.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / cjson

Package

Name
cjson
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cjson@1.7.10-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7.10-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*
1.7.10-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.10-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libcjson-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.10-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libcjson1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-57052.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / cjson

Package

Name
cjson
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cjson@1.7.15-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7.15-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*
1.7.14-1
1.7.15-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.15-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libcjson-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.15-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libcjson1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-57052.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS / cjson

Package

Name
cjson
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cjson@1.7.17-1ubuntu0.1~esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7.17-1ubuntu0.1~esm3

Affected versions

1.*
1.7.16-1
1.7.16-2
1.7.17-1
1.7.17-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.17-1ubuntu0.1~esm3",
            "binary_name": "libcjson-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.17-1ubuntu0.1~esm3",
            "binary_name": "libcjson1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-57052.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / cjson

Package

Name
cjson
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cjson@1.7.18-3.1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7.18-3.1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*
1.7.18-3
1.7.18-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.18-3.1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libcjson-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.18-3.1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libcjson1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-57052.json"