CVE-2016-4425

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    CVE-2016-4425

    Published: 17 May 2016Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    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

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v2.7

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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