CVE-2016-4425 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service via crafted JSON data leading to stack consumption and crashes in the Jansson library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-4425?
CVE-2016-4425 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4425?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Jansson Project Jansson.
How do I fix CVE-2016-4425?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-4425 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-4425 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4425, DLA-471-1, DSA-3577-1, GHSA-rf62-m3fm-w623, MGASA-2016-0198, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4425.