CPANSA-JSON-XS-2025-40928: JSON-XS vulnerability
| Publisher | giterlizzi | Document category | csaf_security_advisory |
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| Initial release date | 2025-09-08T00:00:00 | Engine | CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26 |
| Current release date | 2025-09-08T00:00:00 | Build Date | |
| Current version | 1 | Status | final |
| CVSS v3.1 Base Score | 7.5 | Severity | |
| Original language | Language | en | |
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Vulnerability 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
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-40928
Vulnerability DescriptionJSON::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
| Weakness | CWE-122 : Heap-based Buffer Overflow |
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Product status
Known affected
| Product | Score | ||||||||
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| JSON-XS less than 4.04 |
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Fixed
- JSON-XS greater than or equal 4.04
giterlizzi
Namespace: https://github.com/giterlizzi/
gdt@cpan.org
References
- CPANSA-JSON-XS-2025-40928 JSON self
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2025/cpansa-json-xs-2025-40928.json - https://metacpan.org/release/MLEHMANN/JSON-XS-4.03/source/XS.xs#L256 external
https://metacpan.org/release/MLEHMANN/JSON-XS-4.03/source/XS.xs#L256 - https://security.metacpan.org/patches/J/JSON-XS/4.03/CVE-2025-40928-r1.patch external
https://security.metacpan.org/patches/J/JSON-XS/4.03/CVE-2025-40928-r1.patch - CVE-2025-40928 (NVD) external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40928
Revision history
| Version | Date of the revision | Summary of the revision |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon Sep 8 00:00:00 2025 | First release |
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