CVE-2016-4425

jansson: stack exhaustion parsing a JSON file

Published May 17, 2016 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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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.
History
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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Dec 4, 2025, 5:09 PM
Reserved
May 2, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 17, 2016, 2:08 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:47 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 1, 2016, 12:00 AM