ubuntu-cve-2023-49355
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-12-11 07:15
Modified
2025-07-16 05:09
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
To clipboard 

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "jq",
            "binary_version": "1.7.1-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "jq-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.7.1-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libjq-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.7.1-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libjq1",
            "binary_version": "1.7.1-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libjq1-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.7.1-2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
        "name": "jq",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/jq@1.7.1-2?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.7.1-2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.6-3",
        "1.7-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-49355",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T05:09:44Z",
  "published": "2023-12-11T07:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-49355"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/linzc21/bug-reports/blob/main/reports/jq/1.7-37-g88f01a7/heap-buffer-overflow/CVE-2023-49355.md"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/jqlang/jq/tree/88f01a741c8d63c4d1b5bc3ef61520c6eb93edaa"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/jqlang/jq/blob/88f01a741c8d63c4d1b5bc3ef61520c6eb93edaa/src/decNumber/decNumber.c#L3764"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-49355"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-49355"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:54:42Z"
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.





Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.