CVE-2015-8863
Published: 6 May 2016
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.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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jq Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Not vulnerable
|
bionic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Released
(1.3-1.1ubuntu1.1)
|
|
upstream |
Released
(1.5+dfsg-1.1)
|
|
wily |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
xenial |
Released
(1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1)
|
|
yakkety |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
zesty |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
Patches: upstream: https://github.com/stedolan/jq/commit/8eb1367ca44e772963e704a700ef72ae2e12babd |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 9.8 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |