CVE-2025-48060

Publication date 21 May 2025

Last updated 23 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In versions up to and including 1.7.1, a heap-buffer-overflow is present in function `jv_string_vfmt` in the jq_fuzz_execute harness from oss-fuzz. This crash happens on file jv.c, line 1456 `void* p = malloc(sz);`. As of time of publication, no patched versions are available.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
jq 25.04 plucky
Fixed 1.7.1-3ubuntu1.1
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needed
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1.7.1-3ubuntu0.24.04.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.6-2.1ubuntu3.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.6-1ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm3
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
jq

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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