CVE-2015-8863

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductOpensuse Leap
PublishedMay 6, 2016
First seenMay 6, 2016

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
opensuse leap42.1—
opensuse opensuse13.2—
jq_project jqv ≤ 1.5—

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