CVE-2016-4425

Publication date 17 May 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that Jansson incorrectly handled certain JSON files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
jansson 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.7-3ubuntu0.1
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.5-2ubuntu0.1
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H