CVE-2016-4425

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2016-4425 · Published 17/05/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-4425 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting jansson (jansson project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.9%, higher than 79.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
jansson jansson_project	`≤ 2.7`	No fix yet

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.

References

debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3577
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/5
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/1
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/3
akheron/jansson · Patch
akheron/jansson#284 · Patch
akheron/jansson#284

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