Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-4425 is a denial-of-service issue in Jansson 2.7 and earlier. If software parses crafted JSON with excessive nesting, the parser can recurse deeply, exhaust stack space, and crash. The primary business risk is service interruption, not data theft or privilege escalation. Exposure is most likely in applications or appliances embedding Jansson 2.7 or earlier and parsing untrusted JSON from users, uploads, APIs, or third-party feeds. The bundle does not provide complete CPEs or downstream product inventory. Treat as a moderate availability risk. Prioritize remediation where Jansson is used in internet-facing or business-critical services, especially APIs and ingestion pipelines. Lower priority for isolated tools that only parse trusted local JSON. Mitigation focus: Inventory software and dependencies for Jansson 2.7 or earlier.; Check upstream, OS vendor, and product advisories for fixed Jansson builds.; Prioritize internet-facing services that parse untrusted JSON..
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H2.83.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson/issues/282CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson/pull/284CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson/pull/284/commits/64ce0ad3731ebd77e02897b07920eadd0e2cc318CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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