7.7

CVE-2025-48060: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt)

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2025-48060SUSE-SU-2025:02915-1SUSE-SU-2025:20655-1
Published 21-05-2025Last modified 03-11-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-48060 is a high (CVSS 7.7) Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in jqlang jq. EPSS estimates a 0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (GitHub, Date unknown)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.7/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.56%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 18 · Related 7
MGASA-2026-0188OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15233-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21248-1RHSA-2025:10585RHSA-2025:10613RHSA-2025:10615

Timeline

  1. 21-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.56%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

46%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.02 pp

From 0.53% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Jq

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse8 products
  • jq&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1< 1.6-150000.3.9.1
  • jq&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2< 1.6-150000.3.9.1
  • jq&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3< 1.6-150000.3.9.1
  • jq&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4< 1.6-150000.3.9.1
  • jq&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5< 1.6-150000.3.9.1
Alpine1 product
  • jq< 1.8.0-r0
Debian1 product
  • jq< 1.6-2.1+deb12u1 | < 1.7.1-6+deb13u1 | < 1.8.0-1 | < 1.6-2.1+deb11u1
Jqlang1 product
  • jq≤ 1.7.1
Opensuse1 product
  • jq&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 1.6-150000.3.9.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • jq< 1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm3 | < 1.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 1.6-1ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm1 | < 1.6-2.1ubuntu3.1 | < 1.7.1-3ubuntu0.24.04.1 | < 1.8.1-3ubuntu1

6 vendors · 13 products

References

13 links
Show all 13 references