vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-7750-1 (CVE-2025-40928): JSON-XS vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Sep 8, 2025 | Sep 16, 2025 | Sep 17, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 8, 2025
Added
Sep 16, 2025
Modified
Sep 17, 2025
Description
It was discovered that JSON-XS incorrectly handled parsing certain JSON
data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause JSON-XS to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-libjson-xs-perl
References
- CVE-2025-40928
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-40928
- CWE-122
- UBUNTU-USN-7750-1
- URL-https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/32608909/
- URL-https://metacpan.org/release/MLEHMANN/JSON-XS-4.03/source/XS.xs#L256
- URL-https://security.metacpan.org/patches/J/JSON-XS/4.03/CVE-2025-40928-r1.patch
- URL-https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7750-1
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40928
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