CVE-2023-50268 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2023-12-13

Score: 6.2 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

jqlang

jq

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`= 1.7`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:jqlang:jq:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-55080	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00103.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/15/10
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=64771
https://github.com/jqlang/jq/commit/c9a51565214eece8f1053089739aea73145bfd6b
https://github.com/jqlang/jq/pull/2804
https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-7hmr-442f-qc8j
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50268
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50268

History

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Jqlang Jq

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-12-13T20:49:54.982Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:19:02.376Z

Reserved: 2023-12-05T20:42:59.380Z

Link: CVE-2023-50268

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-13T21:15:09.360

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:36:47.253

Link: CVE-2023-50268

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-12-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-50268 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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