CVE-2016-4074

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

EPSS

5%p92

Published

May 6, 2016 (May 6, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: jq project
Products: jq
Weakness: CWE-770
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (5.3%)

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