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CVE-2015-8863
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-05-06T17:59:03.347 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:35:23.427

Summary

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 products

opensuse — leap

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References

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