CVE-2015-8863

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 6, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2015-8863: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix