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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 9.8/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00014.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1098.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1099.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1106.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/2
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802231
- https://github.com/stedolan/jq/commit/8eb1367ca44e772963e704a700ef72ae2e12babdPatch
- https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/995
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-20
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00014.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1098.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1099.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1106.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/2
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802231
- https://github.com/stedolan/jq/commit/8eb1367ca44e772963e704a700ef72ae2e12babdPatch
- https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/995
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-20
Timeline
- Published
- May 6, 2016
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified