Description
facil.io is a C micro-framework for web applications. Prior to commit 5128747363055201d3ecf0e29bf0a961703c9fa0, `fio_json_parse` can enter an infinite loop when it encounters a nested JSON value starting with `i` or `I`. The process spins in user space and pegs one CPU core at ~100% instead of returning a parse error. Because `iodine` vendors the same parser code, the issue also affects `iodine` when it parses attacker-controlled JSON. The smallest reproducer I found is `[i`. The quoted-value form that originally exposed the issue, `[""i`, reaches the same bug because the parser tolerates missing commas and then treats the trailing `i` as the start of another value. Commit 5128747363055201d3ecf0e29bf0a961703c9fa0 fixes the issue.
Problem types
CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Product status
References
github.com/...cil.io/security/advisories/GHSA-2x79-gwq3-vxxm
github.com/...cil.io/security/advisories/GHSA-2x79-gwq3-vxxm
github.com/...ommit/5128747363055201d3ecf0e29bf0a961703c9fa0