jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, the jq bytecode VM's data stack tracks its allocation size in a signed int. When the stack grows beyond ≈1 GiB (via deeply nested generator forks), the doubling arithmetic overflows. The wrapped value is passed to realloc and then used for a memmove with attacker-influenced offsets.
| Version | Score | Severity | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 6.4 | Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P |
| Product | Vendor | Version |
|---|---|---|
| jq | jqlang | 10.1.2 |