ubuntu-cve-2025-40928
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-09-08 15:15
Modified
2026-05-20 15:22
Summary
Details

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

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40928",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T15:22:51Z",
  "published": "2025-09-08T15:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40928"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40928"
    },
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      "url": "https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/32608909/"
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      "type": "REPORT",
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      "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/MLEHMANN/JSON-XS-4.03/source/XS.xs#L256"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7750-1"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-7750-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-40928"
  ]
}



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