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Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

CVE-2021-23807

High
9.8/10

Summary

A Type Confusion vulnerability in jsonpointer can lead to a bypass of a previous Prototype Pollution fix when the pointer components are arrays. This issue affects jsonpointer versions prior to 5.0.0.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-843 - Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

The program allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.

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