cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to \x00 in a string literal.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-11834 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.62%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-11-21 | 0.76% | 0.62% | -0.13% |
| 2 | 2025-11-18 | 0.62% | 0.76% | +0.13% |
| 3 | 2025-05-12 | — | 0.62% | — |
Full EPSS history (15 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
|
3.9 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2019-11834 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cjson), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11834 |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2019-11834 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cjson), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 3, ignored 2, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11834 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| davegamble | cjson | < 1.7.11 | cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | timesten_in-memory_database | < 18.1.3.1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:timesten_in-memory_database:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/compare/c69134d...93688cb | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/337 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/releases/tag/v1.7.11 | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html | Patch Third Party Advisory |