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Red Hat: CVE-2025-40928: JSON-XS: integer buffer overflow causing a segfault when parsing crafted JSON (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Sep 8, 2025 | Oct 2, 2025 | Jan 28, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 8, 2025
Added
Oct 2, 2025
Modified
Jan 28, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the JSON-XS Perl module. A buffer overflow can be triggered due to an integer overflow when a specially crafted JSON input is processed, causing a segmentation fault, crashing the application using the module and resulting in a denial of service.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-perl-json-xsredhat-upgrade-perl-json-xs-debuginforedhat-upgrade-perl-json-xs-debugsource
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