GHSA-8327-84cj-8xjm
Stack overflow when parsing specially crafted JSON ABI strings
Affected versions of the alloy-json-abi crate did not properly handle parsing of malformatted JSON ABI strings. The JsonAbi::parse method can be tricked into a stack overflow when processing specially crafted input.
This stack overflow can lead to a crash of the application using this crate, potentially causing a denial of service.
The flaw was corrected in commit 4790c47.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
What each source reports
GitHub Advisories Score used
Stack overflow when parsing specially crafted JSON ABI strings
Affected versions of the alloy-json-abi crate did not properly handle parsing of malformatted JSON ABI strings. The JsonAbi::parse method can be tricked into a stack overflow when processing specially crafted input.
This stack overflow can lead to a crash of the application using this crate, potentially causing a denial of service.
The flaw was corrected in commit 4790c47.
- Record
GHSA-8327-84cj-8xjm- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Stack overflow when parsing specially crafted JSON ABI strings
Affected versions of the alloy-json-abi crate did not properly handle parsing of malformatted JSON ABI strings. The JsonAbi::parse method can be tricked into a stack overflow when processing specially crafted input.
This stack overflow can lead to a crash of the application using this crate, potentially causing a denial of service.
The flaw was corrected in commit 4790c47.
- Record
GHSA-8327-84cj-8xjm- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRUSTSEC-2024-0362No score
Stack overflow when parsing specially crafted JSON ABI strings
Affected versions of the alloy-json-abi crate did not properly handle parsing of malformatted JSON ABI strings. The JsonAbi::parse method can be tricked into a stack overflow when processing specially crafted input.
This stack overflow can lead to a crash of the application using this crate, potentially causing a denial of service.
The flaw was corrected in commit 4790c47.
- Record
RUSTSEC-2024-0362- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
alloy-json-abicrates.io | through 0.7.7 | None known |
alloy-json-abicrates.io | 0.0.0-0 up to 0.7.7 | 0.7.7 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | GitHub Advisories, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
GHSA-8327-84cj-8xjm is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in alloy-json-abi, published July 30, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. Fixed in alloy-json-abi 0.7.7.