CVE-2025-48060

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-05-15 | Published 2025-05-21 | Updated 2025-11-03 | Assigner GitHub_M

Problem types

CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Product status

References

github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-p7rr-28xf-3m5w exploit

lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00022.html

github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-p7rr-28xf-3m5w

cve.org (CVE-2025-48060)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-48060)

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