# CVE-2025-48060: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq\_fuzz\_execute (jv\_string\_vfmt)

- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2025-05-21 · Updated: 2025-11-03

## Affected

- jqlang jq: through 1.7.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on jqlang jq, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-p7rr-28xf-3m5w
- https://github.com/leorivass/jq-els-backport-cve-2025-48060

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