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

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-05-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-121

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.

Affected products

• jqlang jq: through 1.7.1

References

• https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-p7rr-28xf-3m5w
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00022.html
• https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-p7rr-28xf-3m5w

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