jansson: stack exhaustion parsing a JSON file
Published May 17, 2016
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.89%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.7
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
jansson
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | jansson | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
PoCAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Dec 4, 2025 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.89% (0.01894) | 78.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.89% (0.01894) | 76.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.81% (0.00809) | 71.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.13% (0.02133) | 73.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.81% (0.00809) | 72.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.92% (0.00919) | 83.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 5, 2024 | 0.92% (0.00919) | 82.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.92% (0.00919) | 80.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3577 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4425 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332200 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson/issues/282 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson/pull/284 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://github.com/akheron/jansson/pull/284/commits/64ce0ad3731ebd77e02897b07920eadd0e2cc318 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4425
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4425
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3577 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4425 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332200 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/akheron/jansson/issues/282 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://github.com/akheron/jansson/pull/284 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://github.com/akheron/jansson/pull/284/commits/64ce0ad3731ebd77e02897b07920eadd0e2cc318 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4425 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4425 |
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