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Jq CVE-2024-53427

HIGH
Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion) (CWE-843)
2025-02-26 cve@mitre.org
Memory Corruption Buffer Overflow Jq Red Hat Suse
8.1
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY
8.1 HIGH
AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SUSE
HIGH
qualitative
Red Hat
5.3 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Patch released
Apr 02, 2026 - 20:30 nvd
Patch available
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:28 vuln.today
PoC Detected
Jul 01, 2025 - 21:25 vuln.today
Public exploit code
CVE Published
Feb 26, 2025 - 16:15 nvd
HIGH 8.1

DescriptionCVE.org

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).

AnalysisAI

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. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is no authentication required. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion) (CWE-843), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by exploiting type confusion in the application. 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). Affected products include: Jqlang Jq. Version information: through 1.7.1.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Enforce strict type checking, use type-safe languages, validate object types before operations.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: High
Product Status
Container suse/sl-micro/6.1/baremetal-os-container:2.2.1-7.2 Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Proxy-BYOS-Azure Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Proxy-BYOS-EC2 Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Proxy-BYOS-GCE Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-Azure-llc Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-Azure-ltd Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-BYOS-Azure Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-BYOS-EC2 Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-BYOS-GCE Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-EC2-llc Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-EC2-ltd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 Fixed
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 Fixed
openSUSE Tumbleweed Fixed
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud Fixed

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