ubuntu-cve-2025-48060
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-05-21 18:15
Modified
2026-05-20 15:22
Summary
Details
jq is a command-line JSON processor. In versions up to and including 1.7.1, a heap-buffer-overflow is present in function jv_string_vfmt in the jq_fuzz_execute harness from oss-fuzz. This crash happens on file jv.c, line 1456 void* p = malloc(sz);. As of time of publication, no patched versions are available.
Severity
7.5 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"details": "jq is a command-line JSON processor. In versions up to and including 1.7.1, a heap-buffer-overflow is present in function `jv_string_vfmt` in the jq_fuzz_execute harness from oss-fuzz. This crash happens on file jv.c, line 1456 `void* p = malloc(sz);`. As of time of publication, no patched versions are available.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-48060",
"modified": "2026-05-20T15:22:53Z",
"published": "2025-05-21T18:15:00Z",
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