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Status published
Medium
CVE-2023-50268
jq has stack-based buffer overflow in decNaNs
Vulnerability Description
jq is a command-line JSON processor. Version 1.7 is vulnerable to stack-based buffer overflow in builds using decNumber. Version 1.7.1 contains a patch for this issue.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-7hmr-442f-qc8j
- https://github.com/jqlang/jq/pull/2804
- https://github.com/jqlang/jq/commit/c9a51565214eece8f1053089739aea73145bfd6b
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=64771
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/15/10
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Vulnerable Versions:
= 1.7
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 13th, 2023
Last Modified:
February 13th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H