Arbitrary code execution via shallow Value assignment
Published Aug 19, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025
Memory corruption in hjiang JSON++ 1.0.1 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary code through unsafe Value assignment. The Value class uses its default assignment operator for owning pointer members, causing two values to alias storage without duplicating or transferring ownership and leaving a dangling pointer when either value is destroyed. Exploitation requires a host program to assign attacker-influenced parsed values through this path; the corruption can crash the process or permit code execution in that program's context.
Summary
What happened
Memory corruption in hjiang JSON++ 1.0.1 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary code through unsafe Value assignment. The Value class uses its default assignment operator for owning pointer members, causing two values to alias storage without duplicating or transferring ownership and leaving a dangling pointer when either value is destroyed. Exploitation requires a host program to assign attacker-influenced parsed values through this path; the corruption can crash the process or permit code execution in that program's context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-23459
- Published
- Aug 19, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Vendor
- hjiang
- Product
- JSON++
- Classifications
- CWE-415, CWE-416
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 19, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <=1.0.1
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