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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2024-25713

yyjson through 0.8.0 has a double free, leading to remote code execution in some cases, because the pool_free function lacks loop checks. (pool_free is part of the pool series allocator, along with pool_malloc and pool_realloc.)

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3 Nov 2026, 14:59 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2024-25713

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Feb 2024, 00:00 UTC

yyjson through 0.8.0 has a double free, leading to remote code execution in some cases, because the pool_free function lacks loop checks. (pool_free is part of the pool series allocator, along with pool_malloc and pool_realloc.)

osv:CVE-2024-25713
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-25713",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2024-25713",
    "summary": "yyjson through 0.8.0 has a double free, leading to remote code execution in some cases, because the pool_free function lacks loop checks. (pool_free is part of the pool series allocator, along with pool_malloc and pool_realloc.)",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-25713",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "aliases": [
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        "GHSA-q4m7-9pcm-fpxh",
        "GHSA-whx6-m9j4-w2m2"
      ],
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        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L"
        }
      ],
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          }
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:29.823096301Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6KQ67T4R7QEWURW5NMCCVLTBASL4ECHE/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NNICQVIF7BRYFWYRL3HPVAJIPXN4OVTX/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TKQPEREDUDKGYJMFNFDQVYCVLWDRO2Y2/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/25xxx/CVE-2024-25713.json",
        "https://github.com/ibireme/yyjson/security/advisories/GHSA-q4m7-9pcm-fpxh",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6KQ67T4R7QEWURW5NMCCVLTBASL4ECHE/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NNICQVIF7BRYFWYRL3HPVAJIPXN4OVTX/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TKQPEREDUDKGYJMFNFDQVYCVLWDRO2Y2/",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25713"
      ],
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      }
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        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 496611,
  "published_at": "2024-02-11T00:00:00+00:00"
}