CVE-2016-4303
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 7.6%iperf3 - security update
Published: 9/26/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4303
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/iperf3from 0, < 3.1.3-1
- Debian/iperf3from 0, < 3.0.7-1+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |