CVE-2016-4425
MEDIUMjansson < 2.7 - Denial of Service via Deep Recursion in JSON Parser
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/3
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/5
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/1
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/akheron/jansson/issues/282
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/akheron/jansson/pull/284
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/akheron/jansson/pull/284/commits/64ce0ad3731ebd77e02897b07920eadd0e2cc318
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3577
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0189
EPSS Percentile
76.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-20
CWE-674
Status
published
Products (1)
jansson_project/jansson
< 2.7
Published
May 17, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026