UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4074

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4074

    Published: 6 May 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-4074
    Aliases:
    USN-4787-1

    Summary:

    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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4074, https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/1136, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/3, https://github.com/stedolan/jq/commit/83e2cf607f3599d208b6b3129092fa7deb2e5292, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4074, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4787-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: jq

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm3?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3-1.1ubuntu1.1+esm3

    Affected versions

    1.2-8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High