USN-4787-1

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    USN-4787-1

    Published: 15 Mar 2021Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: jq vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that jq did not perform sufficient bounds checking, resulting in unbounded resource consumption. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4787-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4074

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: jq

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/jq?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    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
    USN-4787-1 | CVE-DB