CVE-2024-53427

Publication date 26 February 2025

Last updated 21 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1 · High

Score breakdown

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).

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Why is this CVE low priority?

Only a DoS in a command line tool

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
jq 25.04 plucky
Fixed 1.7.1-3ubuntu1.1
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1.7.1-3ubuntu0.24.04.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

A stack overflow in a command line tool is a DoS only Reproducer required AddressSanitizer, could not reproduce DoS in stable Ubuntu releases. introduced in 1.7rc1

Patch details

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Package Patch details
jq

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.1 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

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