Improper Input Validation Affecting jansson package, versions <2.7-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.92% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-JANSSON-317895
  • published17 May 2016
  • disclosed17 May 2016

Introduced: 17 May 2016

CVE-2016-4425  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable jansson to version 2.7-5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jansson package and not the jansson package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

version 3.1