AZL-6504

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    AZL-6504

    Published: 6 May 2016Last Modified: 21 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8863

    Summary: CVE-2015-8863 affecting package jq for versions less than 1.5-6

    Details: Off-by-one error in the tokenadd function in jv_parse.c in jq allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long JSON-encoded number, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8863

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: jq

    Purl: pkg:rpm/azure-linux/jq

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5-6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High