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.
CriticalCVSS 9.8
EPSS 7.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
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 products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/jq(Debian:12) | < 1.5+dfsg-1.1 | 1.5+dfsg-1.1 |
| debian/jq(Debian:13) | < 1.5+dfsg-1.1 | 1.5+dfsg-1.1 |
| debian/jq(Debian:14) | < 1.5+dfsg-1.1 | 1.5+dfsg-1.1 |
| openSUSE leap | = 42.1 | No fix listed |
| opensuse | = 13.2 | No fix listed |
| jq project jq | <= 1.5 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2015-8863 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1212 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1214 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:1098 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:1099 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:1106 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20160423 CVE Request: jq: heap buffer overflow in tokenadd() function mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20160423 Re: CVE Request: jq: heap buffer overflow in tokenadd() function mailing-list
- bugs.debian.org
- github.com patch
- github.com
- GLSA-201612-20 vendor-advisory
- bugs.debian.org issue-tracking