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CVE-2025-49014: jq heap use after free vulnerability in f_strflocaltime

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-06-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In version 1.8.0 a heap use after free vulnerability exists within the function f_strflocaltime of /src/builtin.c. This issue has been patched in commit 499c91b, no known fix version exists at time of publication.

Affected products

• jqlang jq: = 1.8.0

References

• https://github.com/jqlang/jq/commit/499c91bca9d4d027833bc62787d1bb075c03680e
• https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-rmjp-cr27-wpg2

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