Description

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-48060

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.7

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Affected Products

Vendor: jqlang

Product: jq

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.06% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 17.43% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-15 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48060
https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-p7rr-28xf-3m5w

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