DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8863

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8863
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8863.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8863
Upstream
Published
2016-05-06T17:59:03Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:20Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / jq

Package

Name
jq
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/jq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5+dfsg-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / jq

Package

Name
jq
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/jq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5+dfsg-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / jq

Package

Name
jq
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/jq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5+dfsg-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / jq

Package

Name
jq
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/jq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5+dfsg-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}