Back
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…
High7.5EPSS 5.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.4% · top 7.3% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- [oss-security] 20160424 Re: CVE Request: jq: stack exhaustion using jv_dump_term() function (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/1136 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160424 CVE Request: jq: stack exhaustion using jv_dump_term() function (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/stedolan/jq/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/18908 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/10263 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .