UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8863

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8863
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8863.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8863
Upstream
Published
2016-05-06T17:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:31Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / jq

Package

Name
jq
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jq@1.3-1.1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3-1.1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.2-8
1.3-1
1.3-1.1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.3-1.1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "jq"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8863.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / jq

Package

Name
jq
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jq@1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.4-2.1
1.5+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "jq"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8863.json"