CVE-2023-50268

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    CVE-2023-50268

    Published: 13 Dec 2023Last Modified: 28 Sept 2026

    Summary: jq has stack-based buffer overflow in decNaNs

    Details: 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.

    References: 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/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/50xxx/CVE-2023-50268.json, https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-7hmr-442f-qc8j, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50268, https://github.com/jqlang/jq/commit/c9a51565214eece8f1053089739aea73145bfd6b, https://github.com/jqlang/jq/pull/2804

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 11c528d04d76c9b9553781aa76b073e4f40da008
    Fixed -c9a51565214eece8f1053089739aea73145bfd6b

    Affected versions

    1.7

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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