CVE-2025-48060

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.

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.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.