CVE-2025-48060
Description
A flaw was found in jq, a command line JSON processor. A specially crafted input can cause a heap-based buffer over-read when formatting an empty string because it was not properly null-terminated, causing a crash and resulting in a denial of service.
Statement
To exploit this flaw, an attacker needs to trick a user into processing a specially crafted JSON input, allowing an attacker to trigger a buffer over-read of 2 bytes and cause a crash in jq with no other security impact. Due to these reasons, this flaw has been rated with a Moderate severity.
Mitigation
Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).
CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.5 | 7.5 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Local | Network | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low | N/A |
| Privileges Required | None | None | N/A |
| User Interaction | Required | None | N/A |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged | N/A |
| Confidentiality | None | None | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | None | None | N/A |
| Availability Impact | High | High | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Red Hat CVSS v3 Score Explanation
The jq program is a command line tool and it can only be exploited remotely via an application processing files uploaded by untrusted users, which is not the case of Red Hat products. Additionally, a user must process a specially crafted JSON file provided by an attacker to trigger this issue. Therefore, the attack vector metric is set to local and the user interaction metric is set to required.
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