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title: "CVE-2025-48060\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2025-48060

Publication date 21 May 2025

Last updated 23 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.5 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-48060?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| jq | 26.04 LTS resolute | Fixed 1.8.1-3ubuntu1 |
| 25.10 questing | Fixed 1.8.1-3ubuntu1 |
| 25.04 plucky | Fixed 1.7.1-3ubuntu1.1 |
| 24.10 oracular | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Fixed 1.7.1-3ubuntu0.24.04.1 |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 1.6-2.1ubuntu3.1 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 1.6-1ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm1  Ubuntu Pro |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 1.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  Ubuntu Pro |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm3  Ubuntu Pro |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-48060?format=md#patch-details)

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### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| jq | * Upstream:   [dc849e9](https://github.com/jqlang/jq/commit/dc849e9bb74a7a164a3ea52f661cc712b1ffbd43) * Upstream:   [c6e0416](https://github.com/jqlang/jq/commit/c6e041699d8cd31b97375a2596217aff2cfca85b) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.5 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.5 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-48060)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48060)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2025-48060)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-48060)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-7657-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-7657-1)
+ jq vulnerabilities
+ 21 July 2025

+ [USN-7657-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-7657-2)
+ jq vulnerabilities
+ 22 July 2025

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48060>
* <https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-p7rr-28xf-3m5w>