Buffer Over-read Affecting rhcos package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-RHCOS-10231911
  • published23 May 2025
  • disclosed21 May 2025

Introduced: 21 May 2025

NewCVE-2025-48060  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-126  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 rhcos.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rhcos package and not the rhcos package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1