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1 vulnerability by newtonsoft

CVE-2024-21907 (GCVE-0-2024-21907)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-03 15:23 – Updated: 2025-11-28 22:23
VLAI
Title
Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Newtonsoft.Json
Summary
Newtonsoft.Json before version 13.0.1 is affected by a mishandling of exceptional conditions vulnerability. Crafted data that is passed to the JsonConvert.DeserializeObject method may trigger a StackOverflow exception resulting in denial of service. Depending on the usage of the library, an unauthenticated and remote attacker may be able to cause the denial of service condition.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-755 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Affected: 0 , < 13.0.1 (semver 2.0.0)
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