CVE-2024-53427
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.27%
Description
decNumberCopy in decNumber.c in jq through 1.7.1 does not properly consider that NaN is interpreted as numeric, which has a resultant stack-based buffer overflow and out-of-bounds write, as demonstrated by use of --slurp with subtraction, such as a filter of .-. when the input has a certain form of digit string with NaN (e.g., "1 NaN123" immediately followed by many more digits).
How to fix CVE-2024-53427
To remediate CVE-2024-53427, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.8.0-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 1.7.1-5 or later
Is CVE-2024-53427 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.8.0-r0
- from 0, < 1.7.1-5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |