CVE-2025-40928

high

Description

JSON::XS before version 4.04 for Perl has an integer buffer overflow causing a segfault when parsing crafted JSON, enabling denial-of-service attacks or other unspecified impact

References

https://security.metacpan.org/patches/J/JSON-XS/4.03/CVE-2025-40928-r1.patch

https://metacpan.org/release/MLEHMANN/JSON-XS-4.03/source/XS.xs#L256

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-09-08

Updated: 2025-09-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H