CVE-2023-50268CWE-120CWE-121

jq has stack-based buffer overflow in decNaNs

Medium · published December 13, 2023

CVSS v3.1
6.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
37.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

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
0.00439 · 37.1th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow'); CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2023-12-13T20:49Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 DEC 20:49Z
    jq has stack-based buffer overflow in decNaNs
    cvelistv5