{"id":"CVE-2016-4074","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:20:47.931935717Z","published":"2016-05-06T17:59:07.303Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2017:2950-1","openSUSE-SU-2017:2833-1","openSUSE-SU-2017:2834-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10881-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/3"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/4"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/10263"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/stedolan/jq/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/18908"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/1136"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/stedolan/jq","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"a5b5cbefb83935ce95ec62b9cadc8ec73026d33a"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"1.5"}]}}],"versions":["jq-1.0","jq-1.1","jq-1.2","jq-1.3","jq-1.4","jq-1.5","jq-1.5rc1","jq-1.5rc2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4074.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}