VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.89%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.89%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.89% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-674
- Affected
- jansson project/jansson
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3577
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/3
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson/issues/282Patch
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson/pull/284Patch
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson/pull/284/commits/64ce0ad3731ebd77e02897b07920eadd0e2cc318
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3577
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/3
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson/issues/282Patch
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson/pull/284Patch
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson/pull/284/commits/64ce0ad3731ebd77e02897b07920eadd0e2cc318
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.