UBUNTU-CVE-2023-49355

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-49355
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-49355.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-49355
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:54:42Z
Published
2023-12-11T07:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:29:37.756430Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / jq

Package

Name
jq
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jq@1.7.1-2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7.1-2

Affected versions

1.*

1.6-3
1.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

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    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.1-2",
            "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"
        }
    ]
}