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CVE-2015-8863

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 7.50% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-05-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2015-8863
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
7.50%

Original NVD 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.