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ALPINE-CVE-2025-48060 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.23	jq	1.7.1-r0, 1.4-r0, 1.5-r0
Alpine:v3.22	jq	0, 1.4-r0, 1.5-r1

Timeline

May 21, 2025 CVE Published
Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-48060 advisory

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