PT-2023-8958 · Jq+2 · Jq+2

Emanuele6 · Published 2023-12-13 · Updated 2025-03-10 · CVE-2023-50268

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions jq version 1.7

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in builds using decNumber, which can allow an attacker to cause a denial of service. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not available. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For version 1.7, update to version 1.7.1 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of decNumber in builds until a patch is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Stack Overflow

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-121

CWE-120

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2023-8506

BDU:2024-02760

CVE-2023-50268

GHSA-7HMR-442F-QC8J

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13521-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Red Os

Jq

References · 28

• 🔥 https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-7hmr-442f-qc8j · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/50xxx/CVE-2023-50268.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/jqlang/jq/pull/2804 · Patch
• https://github.com/jqlang/jq/commit/c9a51565214eece8f1053089739aea73145bfd6b · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-50268 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-02760 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13521-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50268 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50268 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-50268 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2023-50268 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-50268 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/15/10 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50268 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2023-50268 · Vendor Advisory