High severity · published May 6, 2016
CVE-2016-4074
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
7.5
CVSS
5.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.4% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JQ
JQ · JQ Project
through 1.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4074
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4074
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/3
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/4
Patch
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/18908
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/10263
Product
https://github.com/stedolan/jq/
Exploit
https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/1136
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