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

INFO

Published Date :

2025-09-08T15:08:21.860Z

Last Modified :

2025-11-04T21:10:22.058Z

Source :

CPANSec
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-40928 vulnerability.

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REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-40928.

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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/08/2 cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00033.html cve-icon
https://metacpan.org/release/MLEHMANN/JSON-XS-4.03/source/XS.xs#L256 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40928 cve-icon
https://security.metacpan.org/patches/J/JSON-XS/4.03/CVE-2025-40928-r1.patch cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40928 cve-icon
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