rsec-2023-3

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "source": "https://github.com/RConsortium/r-advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/jsonlite/RSEC-2023-3.yaml"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "CRAN",
        "name": "jsonlite",
        "purl": "pkg:cran/jsonlite"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.9.12"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.8.8"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.9.12",
        "0.9.13",
        "0.9.14",
        "0.9.15",
        "0.9.16",
        "0.9.17",
        "0.9.18",
        "0.9.19",
        "0.9.20",
        "0.9.21",
        "0.9.22",
        "1.0",
        "1.1",
        "1.2",
        "1.3",
        "1.4",
        "1.5",
        "1.6",
        "1.6.1",
        "1.7.0",
        "1.7.2",
        "1.7.3",
        "1.8.0",
        "1.8.1",
        "1.8.2",
        "1.8.3",
        "1.8.4",
        "1.8.5",
        "1.8.6",
        "1.8.7",
        "1.7.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "The jsonlite R package is exposed to a vulnerability due to its use of yajl library version 2.1.0. The vulnerability originates from the yajl_tree_parse function within yajl. Attackers can exploit this flaw to cause a memory leak, which will result in out-of-memory in server and lead to a crash.",
  "id": "RSEC-2023-3",
  "modified": "2025-05-19T19:43:48.343626Z",
  "published": "2023-07-18T04:37:21.600Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/jeroen/jsonlite/pull/421"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33460"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/lloyd/yajl/issues/250"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00000.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00013.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KLE3C4CECEJ4EUYI56KXI6OWACWXX7WN/"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "summary": "Memory leak vulnerability",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-33460"
  ]
}