CVE-2015-8863

Published: May 6, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (3)

Products: Opensuse: Leap, Opensuse · Jq Project: Jq

2 products

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opensuse Leap	Version 42.1
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.2

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Jq Project Jq	Up to 1.5

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (22)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00012.html

Source: security@debian.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00014.html

Source: security@debian.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1098.html

Source: security@debian.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1099.html

Source: security@debian.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1106.html

Source: security@debian.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/1

Source: security@debian.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/2

Source: security@debian.org

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802231

Source: security@debian.org

https://github.com/stedolan/jq/commit/8eb1367ca44e772963e704a700ef72ae2e12babd

Source: security@debian.org

Patch

https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/995

Source: security@debian.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-20

Source: security@debian.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00012.html