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CVE-2023-50246

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Date: December 13, 2023

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (7)

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/15/10

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50246

Url: https://github.com/jqlang/jq/commit/71c2ab509a8628dbbad4bc7b3f98a64aa90d3297

Url: https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-686w-5m7m-54vc

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-50246

Url: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=64574

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-50246

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CWE-120

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-122

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version jq-1.7.1

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

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