7.5

CVE-2024-57699: json-smart Uncontrolled Recursion

Deferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57699DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57699CGA-22hq-rpg9-6f4p
Published 05-02-2025Last modified 06-02-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-57699 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in json-smart. EPSS estimates a 0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.58%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 6
RHSA-2025:10092RHSA-2025:10097RHSA-2025:10098RHSA-2025:10104RHSA-2025:10118RHSA-2025:10119

Timeline

  1. 05-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A security issue was found in Netplex Json-smart 2.5.0 through 2.5.1. When loading a specially crafted JSON input, containing a large number of ’{’, a stack exhaustion can be trigger, which could allow an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). This issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-1370.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.58%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

48%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.01 pp

From 0.59% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard71 products
  • akhq< 0.25.1-r3
  • apache-nifi< 2.3.0-r0
  • apache-nifi-compat< 2.3.0-r0
  • apache-nifi-toolkit< 2.3.0-r0
  • apicurio-registry< 3.1.7-r1 | < 3.0.6-r1
Wolfi70 products
  • akhq< 0.25.1-r3
  • apache-nifi< 2.3.0-r0
  • apache-nifi-compat< 2.3.0-r0
  • apache-nifi-toolkit< 2.3.0-r0
  • apicurio-registry< 3.1.7-r1 | < 3.0.6-r1
Debian1 product
  • json-smart< 2.5.2-1
Net.minidev1 product
  • json-smart≥ 2.5.0, < 2.5.2
Ubuntu1 product
  • json-smartAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 144 products

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