8.1

CVE-2024-53427: jqlang jq

Analyzed
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2024-53427UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53427DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53427
Published 26-02-2025Last modified 28-03-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-53427 is a high (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability in jqlang jq. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (GitHub, Date unknown)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.39%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Duplicates 2 · Related 6
SUSE-SU-2025:20591-1SUSE-SU-2026:23873-1SUSE-SU-2026:4275-1USN-7657-1CVE-2024-23338CVE-2025-25726

Timeline

  1. 26-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 28-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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).

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

33%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.03 pp

From 0.36% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Jq

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Alpine1 product
  • jq< 1.8.0-r0
Chainguard1 product
  • jq< 1.7.1-r4
Debian1 product
  • jq< 1.7.1-6+deb13u3 | < 1.7.1-5
Jqlang1 product
  • jq≤ 1.7.1
Opensuse1 product
  • jq&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.7.1-3.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • jq< 1.7.1-3ubuntu0.24.04.1
Wolfi1 product
  • jq< 1.7.1-r4

7 vendors · 7 products

References

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