CVE-2016-4425 Jansson 2.7 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion, stack consumption, and crash) via crafted JSON data.
HighCVSS 7.5
EPSS 1.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
Jansson 2.7 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion, stack consumption, and crash) via crafted JSON data.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/jansson(Debian:12) | < 2.7-5 | 2.7-5 |
| debian/jansson(Debian:13) | < 2.7-5 | 2.7-5 |
| debian/jansson(Debian:14) | < 2.7-5 | 2.7-5 |
| jansson project jansson | <= 2.7 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2016-4425 vendor-advisory
- DSA-3577 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20160501 CVE Request: Jansson: stack exhaustion parsing a JSON file mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20160502 Re: CVE Request: Jansson: stack exhaustion parsing a JSON file mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20160503 Re: CVE Request: Jansson: stack exhaustion parsing a JSON file mailing-list
- github.com patch
- github.com patch
- github.com
- bugs.debian.org issue-tracking