CVE-2023-50246CWE-120CWE-122

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

Medium · published December 13, 2023

CVSS v3.1
6.2
EPSS
1%
Percentile
42.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.2 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00508 · 42.5th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow'); CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2023-12-13T20:43Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 DEC 20:43Z
    jq has heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability in the function decToString in decNumber.c
    cvelistv5