CVE-2025-49014

jq heap use after free vulnerability in f_strflocaltime

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 19, 2025 at 03:08 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:30 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorJq

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In version 1.8.0 a heap use after free vulnerability exists within the function f_strflocaltime of /src/builtin.c. This issue has been patched in commit 499c91b, no known fix version exists at time of publication.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

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CVSS

5.5MEDIUMGitHub_M
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StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-416

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