CVE-2013-3300: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

May 17, 2022 (updated August 29, 2023)

The JsonParser class in json/JsonParser.scala in Lift before 2.5 interprets a certain end-index value as a length value, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from other users’ sessions via invalid input data containing a < (less than) character.

References

blog.addepar.com/2013/07/an-atypical-web-vulnerability.html
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jf9v-fxfq-wm76
github.com/lift/framework/commit/099d9c86cf6d81f4953957add478ab699946e601
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3300

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