Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-8863
CVE-2015-8863
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.
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References
11- github.com/stedolan/jq/commit/8eb1367ca44e772963e704a700ef72ae2e12babdnvdPatch
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00012.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00014.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1098.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1099.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1106.htmlnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/2nvd
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
- github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/995nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-20nvd
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