jq up to 1.7.1 integer overflow

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in jq up to 1.7.1. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to integer overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-23337. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in jq up to 1.7.1. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In versions up to and including 1.7.1, an integer overflow arises when assigning value using an index of 2147483647, the signed integer limit. This causes a denial of service. Commit de21386681c0df0104a99d9d09db23a9b2a78b1e contains a patch for the issue.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-23337 since 01/15/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 241573 (RHEL 8 : jq (RHSA-2025:10618)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying the patch de21386681c0df0104a99d9d09db23a9b2a78b1e is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (241573) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1480). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Red Hat OpenShift

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• jq

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• 1.7.0
• 1.7.1

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• open-source

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