CVE-2016-4425

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 v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3577
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/1
https://github.com/akheron/jansson/pull/284	Patch
https://github.com/akheron/jansson/issues/282	Patch
https://github.com/akheron/jansson/pull/284/commits/64ce0ad3731ebd77e02897b07920eadd0e2cc318
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/5

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:jansson_project:jansson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2016-05-17 07:08

Updated : 2016-05-19 14:21

NVD link : CVE-2016-4425

Mitre link : CVE-2016-4425

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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Products Affected

jansson_project

jansson

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