UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4425

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4425

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4425.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4425

Upstream

CVE-2016-4425

Published

2016-05-17T14:08:00Z

Modified

2025-12-09T08:07:12.232985Z

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
6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - low

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / jansson

Package

Name: jansson
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/jansson@2.5-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.5-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.4-1

2.5-1

2.5-1ubuntu1

2.5-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libjansson-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.5-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjansson4",
            "binary_version": "2.5-2ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4425.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / jansson