{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53427","details":"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).","modified":"2026-04-22T18:42:19.594519Z","published":"2025-02-26T16:15:00Z","related":["USN-7657-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2024-53427"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53427"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53427"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-x6c3-qv5r-7q22"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7657-1"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"jq","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/jq@1.7.1-3ubuntu0.24.04.1?arch=source&distro=noble"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.7.1-3ubuntu0.24.04.1"}]}],"versions":["1.6-3","1.7-1","1.7.1-2","1.7.1-3","1.7.1-3build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.7.1-3ubuntu0.24.04.1","binary_name":"jq"},{"binary_name":"libjq1","binary_version":"1.7.1-3ubuntu0.24.04.1"}],"priority_reason":"Only a DoS in a command line tool"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53427.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}