CVE-2016-4074

high

Description

The jv_dump_term function in jq 1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted JSON file. This issue has been fixed in jq 1.6_rc1-r0.

References

Advisories

https://github.com/stedolan/jq/

https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/10263

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/18908

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-05-06

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H