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).

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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). (CVE-2024-53427)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7657-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that jq incorrectly handled certain values when parsing JSON data. A remote attacker     could possibly use this issue to cause jq to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-23337)

    It was discovered that jq incorrectly handled NaN values when parsing JSON data. A remote attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause jq to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2024-53427)

    It was discovered that jq incorrectly handled certain values when parsing JSON data. A remote attacker     could use this issue to cause jq to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2025-48060)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-919 advisory.

    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). (CVE-2024-53427)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
260268	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-53427	Nessus	Misc.	high
242576	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : jq vulnerabilities (USN-7657-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
233681	Amazon Linux 2023 : jq, jq-devel (ALAS2023-2025-919)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high

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