CVE-2025-48060
jq - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.59%
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.
How to fix CVE-2025-48060
To remediate CVE-2025-48060, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.8.0-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 1.6-2.1+deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.6-2.1+deb11u1 or later
Is CVE-2025-48060 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.8.0-r0
- from 0, < 1.6-2.1+deb11u1
- from 0, < 1.6-2.1+deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |