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7.5high

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 cr…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
5.4%
percentile 93%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

5.38% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.17.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.07.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/4 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • github.com /stedolan/jq/issues/1136 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/3 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • github.com /stedolan/jq/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • github.com /NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/18908 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • github.com /hashicorp/consul/issues/10263 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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