CVE-2023-49355: decToString in decNumber/decNumber.c in jq 88f01a7 has a one-byte out-of-bounds write via the " []-1.2e-1111111111" input. NOTE: this is not the same as…

PriorityP337high7.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

1.17%

63.5th percentile

decToString in decNumber/decNumber.c in jq 88f01a7 has a one-byte out-of-bounds write via the " []-1.2e-1111111111" input. NOTE: this is not the same as CVE-2023-50246. The CVE-2023-50246 71c2ab5 reference mentions -10E-1000010001, which is not in normalized scientific notation.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	jq	< jq 1.7.1-1 (forky)	jq 1.7.1-1 (forky)
jqlang	jq	—	—
jqlang	jq	>= 0 < 1.7.1-1	1.7.1-1
jqlang	jq	>= 0 < 1.7.1-1	1.7.1-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

osv7.5HIGH

vendor_debian7.5LOW

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