CVE-2015-8863

Name	CVE-2015-8863
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	802231

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
jq (PTS)	bullseye	1.6-2.1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	1.6-2.1+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	1.6-2.1+deb12u1	fixed
	trixie	1.7.1-6+deb13u1	fixed
	forky, sid	1.8.1-4	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
jq	source	jessie	1.4-2.1+deb8u1
jq	source	(unstable)	1.5+dfsg-1.1	low		802231

Notes

https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/995
https://github.com/stedolan/jq/commit/8eb1367ca44e772963e704a700ef72ae2e12babd
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/1