CVE-2024-23337 | jq has signed integer overflow in jv.c:jvp_array_write

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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.

Published: 2025-05-21 Last update: 2025-06-20 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-23337 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-23337

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-23337

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-17 0.09% 0.26% +0.17%
2 2025-11-21 0.16% 0.09% -0.07%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-23337

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 2.8 1.4 [email protected]
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-23337

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-23337

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-23337: 1 source package rows (jq); 12 state rows across 5 repos (3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 2, open 10. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-23337
debian unimportant CVE-2024-23337 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (jq), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-23337
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23337
suse medium CVE-2024-23337 severity moderate: SUSE including 270 source package names (1.0.3-3.41:jq-1.6-150000.3.6.1, 1.0.3-3.41:libjq1-1.6-150000.3.6.1, …), 508 product×package rows across 132 product lines (Container containers/suse-ai-observability-extension-setup, Container suse/hpc/warewulf4-x86_64/sle-hpc-node, … (132 product lines)): Fixed 287, Known Affected 221. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23337/
ubuntu low CVE-2024-23337 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jq), 10 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 7, not-affected 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-23337

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-23337

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jqlang jq <= 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:jqlang:jq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-23337

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