Description

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In commits before 2f09060afab23fe9390cce7cb860b10416e1bf5f, the jv_parse_sized() API in libjq accepts a counted buffer with an explicit length parameter, but its error-handling path formats the input buffer using %s in jv_string_fmt(), which reads until a NUL terminator is found rather than respecting the caller-supplied length. This means that when malformed JSON is passed in a non-NUL-terminated buffer, the error construction logic performs an out-of-bounds read past the end of the buffer. The vulnerability is reachable by any libjq consumer calling jv_parse_sized() with untrusted input, and depending on memory layout, can result in memory disclosure or process termination. The issue has been patched in commit 2f09060afab23fe9390cce7cb860b10416e1bf5f.

Weaknesses 1

Affected Products 1

References 2

• github.com https://github.com/jqlang/jq/commit/2f09060afab23fe9390cce7cb860b10416e1bf5f
  Patch
• github.com https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-2hhh-px8h-355p
  ExploitVendor Advisory

Remediation

• github.com https://github.com/jqlang/jq/commit/2f09060afab23fe9390cce7cb860b10416e1bf5f
  Patch