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CVE-2015-8863

jq: heap-buffer-overflow in tokenadd() function

Published Modified CWE 119
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat4.4AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, CBL-Mariner, Photon OS. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Amazon (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
CBL-Mariner 1.0jq0:1.5-6.cm1
CBL-Mariner 2.0jq0:1.5-6.cm2
Photon OS 2.0jq1.5-3.ph2
Photon OS 3.0jq1.5-4.ph3
amazon linux 1jq, jq-debuginfo, jq-devel and 1 more1.5-1.2.amzn1
debian 11jq1.5+dfsg-1.1
debian 12jq1.5+dfsg-1.1
debian 13jq1.5+dfsg-1.1
debian 14jq1.5+dfsg-1.1
debian 8jq1.4-2.1+deb8u1
echojq1.5+dfsg-1.1
root.io debian 12rootio-jq1.5+dfsg-1.1
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SourcePackageFixed in
CBL-Mariner 1.0jq0:1.5-6.cm1
CBL-Mariner 2.0jq0:1.5-6.cm2
Photon OS 2.0jq1.5-3.ph2
Photon OS 3.0jq1.5-4.ph3
amazon linux 1jq1.5-1.2.amzn1
amazon linux 1jq-debuginfo1.5-1.2.amzn1
amazon linux 1jq-devel1.5-1.2.amzn1
amazon linux 1jq-libs1.5-1.2.amzn1
debian 11jq1.5+dfsg-1.1
debian 12jq1.5+dfsg-1.1
debian 13jq1.5+dfsg-1.1
debian 14jq1.5+dfsg-1.1
debian 8jq1.4-2.1+deb8u1
echojq1.5+dfsg-1.1
root.io debian 12rootio-jq1.5+dfsg-1.1
ubuntu 14.04jq1.3-1.1ubuntu1.1
ubuntu 14.04-ESMjq1.3-1.1ubuntu1.1
ubuntu 16.04jq1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMjq1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

References

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