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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-48060
CVE-2025-48060:
jq vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
jq, a command-line JSON processor, contains a heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability (CVE-2025-48060) discovered on May 21, 2025. The vulnerability affects versions up to and including 1.7.1 and is present in the function jv_string_vfmt within the jqfuzzexecute harness from oss-fuzz (GitHub Advisory, NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability manifests as a heap-buffer-overflow that occurs during memory allocation in the jvstringvfmt function, specifically on line 1456 of jv.c at the void* p = malloc(sz); statement. According to the ASAN output, the vulnerability triggers a READ of size 2 at a memory location that is 0 bytes to the right of a 17-byte allocated region. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v4.0 score of 7.7 (HIGH) with the vector string 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 (GitHub Advisory).
Impact
The heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability could potentially lead to memory corruption, program crashes, or potential code execution. The severity is rated as Moderate according to the security advisory (GitHub Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of the time of publication, no patched versions are available to address this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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