CVE-2016-4425
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4425
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4425.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4425
- Downstream
- Published
- 2016-05-17T14:08:12.657Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-08T12:41:29.983593Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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
-
- 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/pull/284/commits/64ce0ad3731ebd77e02897b07920eadd0e2cc318
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3577
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson/issues/282
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson/pull/284
Affected packages
Git / github.com/akheron/jansson
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "source": "CPE_RANGE", "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:jansson_project:jansson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.7" } ] }