CVE-2022-45494 — Buffer overflow vulnerability in function json_parse_object in sheredom json

Buffer overflow vulnerability in function json_parse_object in sheredom json.h before commit 0825301a07cbf51653882bf2b153cc81fdadf41 (November 14, 2022) allows attackers to code arbitrary code and gain escalated privileges.

01What is this vulnerability?

Buffer overflow vulnerability in function json_parse_object in sheredom json.h before commit 0825301a07cbf51653882bf2b153cc81fdadf41 (November 14, 2022) allows attackers to code arbitrary code and gain escalated privileges.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-27T18:30:23.728Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/sheredom/json.h
• github.com — https://github.com/sheredom/json.h/issues/93
• github.com — https://github.com/sheredom/json.h/issues/97
• github.com — https://github.com/hyrathon/trophies/security/advisories/GHSA-wvpq-p7pp-cj6m