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.
Published: 2016-05-06
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 10.6% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.090Z

Reserved: 2016-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8863

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-06T17:59:03.347

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-8863

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-10-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8863 - Bugzilla

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