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    1 vulnerability by MLEHMANN

    CVE-2025-40928 (GCVE-0-2025-40928)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-08 15:08 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:10
    VLAI
    Title
    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
    Summary
    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
    SSVC
    Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    MLEHMANN JSON::XS Affected: 0 , < 4.04 (custom)
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Credits
    Michael Hudak of rasotec
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