CVE-2025-48060

HIGH EPSS 35.4%
Published May 21, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.7 CVSS 4.0
High
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Published May 21, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.7
Exploitability
—
Impact
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Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
35.4% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-121
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
jqlangjq* ≤1.7.1

References 2

  • github.com https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-p7rr-28xf-3m5w
    ExploitVendor Advisory
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00022.html

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.