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TI-2015-07293 Aliases CVE-2015-8863GHSA-j4rg-46c3-r5vq

Off-by-one error in the tokenadd function in jv_parse.c in jq allows remote attackers to…

Priority MEDIUM 52CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.07268 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 3 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*42.1VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*13.2VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:a:jq_project:jq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.5VulnerableJq Project
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 42.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.2 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:jq_project:jq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.5 Vulnerable ·Jq Project

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2016:1106 Released 2016-05-25 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    jq security update
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) jq-1.3-3.el7ost
  • RHSA-2016:1098 Released 2016-05-23 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    jq security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 jq-1.3-3.el7ost
  • RHSA-2016:1099 Released 2016-05-23 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    jq security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 jq-1.3-3.el7ost

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:1098
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:1099
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)Fixed RHSA-2016:1106
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-8863
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j4rg-46c3-r5vq

References

Patch 1

Advisory 6

Other 4

Sources

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