CVE-2023-50268 jq has stack-based buffer overflow in decNaNs

2023-12-1320:49:54

CWE-121

CWE-120

GitHub_M

www.cve.org

json

buffer overflow

cve-2023-50268

patch

CVSS3

6.2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "jqlang",
    "product": "jq",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "= 1.7",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]