Upstream information

CVE-2025-40928 at MITRE

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

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Analysis

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  CNA (CISA-ADP) SUSE
Base Score 7.5 8.1
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low High
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None High
Integrity Impact None High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
  SUSE
Base Score 9.3
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1249330 [NEW]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Sep 8 15:22:21 2025
CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 9 14:32:33 2025