# CVE-2023-49355: decToString in decNumber/decNumber.c in jq 88f01a7 has a one-byte out-of-bounds write via the " \[\]-1.2e-1111111111" input.

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-12-11 · Updated: 2024-10-09

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- https://github.com/jqlang/jq/tree/88f01a741c8d63c4d1b5bc3ef61520c6eb93edaa
- https://github.com/jqlang/jq/blob/88f01a741c8d63c4d1b5bc3ef61520c6eb93edaa/src/decNumber/decNumber.c#L3764
- https://github.com/linzc21/bug-reports/blob/main/reports/jq/1.7-37-g88f01a7/heap-buffer-overflow/CVE-2023-49355.md

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