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CVE-2015-8863

Off-by-one error in the tokenadd function in jv_parse.c in jq allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long JSON-encoded number, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

  • Published: May 6, 2016
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2015-8863
  • Severity: Critical
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Critical
  • Score: 9.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 10
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
opensuse / leap 42.1 42.1.x
opensuse / opensuse 13.2 13.2.x
jq_project / jq - 1.5.x