Bug 2254467 (CVE-2023-50246) - CVE-2023-50246 jq: heap buffer overflow in function decToString() in decNumber.c
Summary: CVE-2023-50246 jq: heap buffer overflow in function decToString() in decNumber.c
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-50246
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2254488 2254489
Blocks: 2254521
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Reported: 2023-12-14 05:32 UTC by TEJ RATHI
Modified: 2025-01-03 08:27 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: jq 1.7.1
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Description TEJ RATHI 2023-12-14 05:32:11 UTC 
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.

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=64574
https://github.com/jqlang/jq/commit/71c2ab509a8628dbbad4bc7b3f98a64aa90d3297
https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-686w-5m7m-54vc
Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2023-12-14 08:05:08 UTC 
Created jq tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2254489]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2254488]
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