Buffer overflow in Jq Project
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.073 (94.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.075 · newest: 0.073 · change: -0.002
Affected products
- Jq Project
- openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
- openSUSE — versions 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1106.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1099.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/2 (mailing-list)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00012.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1098.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- github.com/stedolan/jq/commit/8eb1367ca44e772963e704a700ef72ae2e12babd (Patch)
- github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/995
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/1 (mailing-list)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00014.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-8863?
- CVE-2015-8863 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Jq Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-05-06.
- How severe is CVE-2015-8863?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-8863 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.