USN-8189-1: RapidJSON vulnerability

USN-8189-1: RapidJSON vulnerability

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/rss.xml / Thu, 04/23/2026 - 14:20
It was discovered that RapidJSON did not properly protect against integer overflows in certain instances when parsing JSON text. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to craft a malicious JSON file, that when read by RapidJSON, would lead to an elevation of privilege, resulting in the potential disclosure of sensitive information.

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