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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-11834

cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to \x00 in a string literal.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:33 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-11834

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 May 2019, 05:29 UTC

cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to \x00 in a string literal.

osv:CVE-2019-11834
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-11834",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2019-11834",
    "summary": "cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to \\x00 in a string literal.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-11834",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                },
                {
                  "fixed": "93688cbe72b190300d1be6b98e86b772df9b9ead"
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v1.7.9",
            "v1.7.8",
            "v1.7.7",
            "v1.7.6",
            "v1.7.5",
            "v1.7.4",
            "v1.7.3",
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            "v0.0.0"
          ],
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:39.151236232Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/releases/tag/v1.7.11",
        "https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/compare/c69134d...93688cb",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html",
        "https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/337"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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              }
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          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2019-11834",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381955,
  "published_at": "2019-05-09T05:29:02.037+00:00"
}