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ubuntu-cve-2023-50246

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2023-12-13 21:15

Modified

2025-07-16 05:09

Summary

Details

jq is a command-line JSON processor. Version 1.7 is vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow. Version 1.7.1 contains a patch for this issue.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


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

6.2 (Medium)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-50246	REPORT
	https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/…	REPORT
	https://github.com/jqlang/jq/commit/71c2ab509a862…	REPORT
	https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detai…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50246	REPORT

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}

CVE-2023-50246 (GCVE-0-2023-50246)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-13 20:43 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:19

Title

jq has heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability in the function decToString in decNumber.c

Summary

jq is a command-line JSON processor. Version 1.7 is vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow. Version 1.7.1 contains a patch for this issue.

Severity

6.2 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/jqlang/jq/commit/71c2ab509a862…	x_refsource_MISC
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detai…	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/1…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
jqlang	jq	Affected: = 1.7

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2023-50246 (GCVE-0-2023-50246)

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