CVE-2015-8863
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8863
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8863.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8863
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:15:18.998648Z
- Published
- 2016-05-06T17:59:03Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:15:18.998648Z
- Severity
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- 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
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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
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1098.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1099.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1106.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-20
- https://github.com/stedolan/jq/commit/8eb1367ca44e772963e704a700ef72ae2e12babd
- https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/995
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00014.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/2
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802231