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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-471-1 jansson security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3577-1 jansson security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5424 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.
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-674
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-04T17:09:13.364Z

Reserved: 2016-05-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4425

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:24.624Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-05-17T14:08:12.657

Modified: 2025-12-04T17:15:49.597

Link: CVE-2016-4425

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4425 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses