{
    "id": "CVE-2015-8863",
    "published": "2016-05-06 17:59:03",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:35:23",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.07268",
    "epss_percentile": "0.94175",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-05 18:17:13",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "jq_project",
            "product": "jq"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "opensuse",
            "product": "leap"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "opensuse",
            "product": "opensuse"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00012.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00014.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1098.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1099.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1106.html",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/1",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/2",
        "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802231",
        "https://github.com/stedolan/jq/commit/8eb1367ca44e772963e704a700ef72ae2e12babd",
        "https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/995",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-20",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00012.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00014.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1098.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1099.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1106.html",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/1",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/23/2",
        "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802231",
        "https://github.com/stedolan/jq/commit/8eb1367ca44e772963e704a700ef72ae2e12babd",
        "https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/995",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-20"
    ]
}